Arran
The Arran Distillery lies on the same named Island. Its first bottles where bottled in 2001 and are now sold worldwide.
| Information about the Distillery | |
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| Scotland, Islands | |
| -5.280175 55.699477 | |
| Active | |
| Arran Distillers | |
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1 x 7,100 l
Tall
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1 x 4,300 l
Tall
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| 1995 | |
| 1,200,000 l | |
| http://www.arranwhisky.com/ |
| Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
Calculated from 1,866
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sweet:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Sherry:
Peat Smoke:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Pear:
Malt:
Honey:
Herbs:
Apple:
Nuts:
Tropical Fruit:
Caramel:
Alcohol:
Pineapple:
Chocolate:
Lemon:
Cherry:
Maritime Notes:
Berries:
Seaweed:
Herb:
Heather:
Cinnamon:
Grape:
Raisin:
Peach:
Dried Fruit:
Almonds:
Floral:
Orange:
Green Apple:
Banana:
Melon:
Dark Chocolate:
Plum:
Hay:
Grass:
Cake:
Oil:
Bonfire Smoke:
Blackberry:
Salt:
Barley:
Wheat:
Chili:
Strawberry:
Kiwi:
Mint:
Coconut:
Pepper:
Clove:
Medicinal Smoke:
Grapefruit:
Tobacco:
Lime:
Nutmeg:
Hazelnut:
Ginger:
Ham:
Fig:
Coffee:
Date:
Leather:
Lemon Peel:
Anise:
Red Currant:
Walnut:
Iodine:
Tasting
Sweet:
Fruit:
Spices:
Oak:
Malt:
Zitrus:
Vanilla:
Sherry:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Honey:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Oil:
Cinnamon:
Herb:
Apple:
Alcohol:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Lemon:
Pear:
Chili:
Maritime Notes:
Cherry:
Dried Fruit:
Dark Chocolate:
Ginger:
Berries:
Orange:
Heather:
Tropical Fruit:
Grape:
Seaweed:
Raisin:
Plum:
Salt:
Grapefruit:
Pineapple:
Green Apple:
Floral:
Peach:
Almonds:
Lemon Peel:
Hazelnut:
Cake:
Coffee:
Leather:
Melon:
Banana:
Blackberry:
Barley:
Bonfire Smoke:
Mint:
Nutmeg:
Fig:
Clove:
Lime:
Date:
Strawberry:
Tobacco:
Iodine:
Hay:
Medicinal Smoke:
Coconut:
Grass:
Wheat:
Ham:
Kiwi:
Walnut:
Black Currant:
Anise:
Red Currant:
Finish
Sweet:
Oak:
Spices:
Fruit:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Nuts:
Herb:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Dark Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Oil:
Pepper:
Alcohol:
Herbs:
Maritime Notes:
Cinnamon:
Honey:
Chili:
Heather:
Berries:
Salt:
Seaweed:
Apple:
Caramel:
Pear:
Grape:
Tropical Fruit:
Coffee:
Ginger:
Cherry:
Orange:
Almonds:
Dried Fruit:
Raisin:
Lemon:
Tobacco:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Peach:
Leather:
Wheat:
Mint:
Banana:
Barley:
Grapefruit:
Green Apple:
Fig:
Melon:
Date:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cake:
Lemon Peel:
Plum:
Iodine:
Coconut:
Nutmeg:
Clove:
Pineapple:
Lime:
Anise:
Strawberry:
Hay:
Ham:
Red Currant:
Grass:
Walnut:
Medicinal Smoke:
Blackberry:
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The Whisky
Even though the Arran distillery is a very young distillery, it offers a very large range of Whiskies. There is the 10 year old, the 18 year old and the Robert Burns edition. These are the standard bottlings and most of them are bottled at 46% ABV, because Arran doesn't chill filter its Whiskies.
There is also a big range of Wine cask finishes. These consist of Sherry, Sauternes, Amarone and Port Wine. There is also a special peated edition called Machrie Moor, a Bourbon cask edition and a Sherry finish edition.
Besides that Arran has been offering a cream Liqueur with 17% ABV since 2004.
The Production
The Arran distillery has two pot stills and an annual output of around 750,000 litres. Most of the output goes into the production of the Single Malt Whisky. A small proportion goes into their own Blended Malt range.
The Pot Stills
The Malting
The malt at Arran is a carefully selected blend between the types Optic and Oxbridge. The distillery buys the malt and never had its own malt floors due to its short history.
The Warehouse
The warehouses of the distillery are full of ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks to balance out the flavour profile. In addition, there are a lot of different Wine casks in the warehouses to produce the many different cask finishes.
History
Construction of the distillery began in 1994. It officially opened in June 1995. Two years later the queen herself visited the distillery and got two casks for her grandsons William and Harry.
The Visitor Centre
There is a nice visitor centre, and you can book different kind of tours. The top tour includes a full tour through the distillery and a premium guided VIP tasting with six different Arran Malts.
Distillery address:
The Arran Malt
Enterprise House
Springkerse Business Park
Stirling FK7 7UF
Tel: 01786-431900
Email: info@arranwhisky.com
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