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Talisker Distillery | |
General |
Pronunciation | ’talisker |
Translation | |
Region | Highlands |
Distiller | Talisker Distillery Co. Ltd. |
Owner | United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) (Diageo plc) |
Address | Carbost Isle of Skye IV47 8SR Scotland |
Telephone | +44 (0)1478 - 61 43 08 +44 (0)1478 - 61 43 02 (Fax) |
LatLong | 57° 18’ 08.2” N 06° 21’ 18.9” W |
Altitude | 3 m |
Grid Reference | NG377318 |
Website | www.discovering-distilleries.com www.malts.com |
Open to public | January - March : mo - fr tours by appointment only (last tour 15:30) Easter - June : mo - sa 09:30 - 17:00 (last tour 1 hour before closing time) July - August : mo - sa 09:30 - 17:00, su 12:30 - 17:00 (last tour 1 hour before closing time) November - December : mo - fr tours by appointment only (last tour 15:30) Closed between Christmas and New Year Admission chargedSource : Discovering Distilleries 2008 leaflet |
Remarks |
History |
1831-32 |
Founded by Hugh & Kenneth MacAskill (1830 mentioned as well) |
1833 |
Hugh MacAskill licensee |
1854 |
Hugh MacAskill died |
1862 |
Distillery transferred to Donald MacLennan |
1863 |
Donald MacLennan went bankrupt |
1868 |
Purchased by Anderson & Co. |
1876 |
Anderson & Co. dissolved |
1880 |
Acquired by Roderick Kemp; & Co., a partnership between Alexander Grigor Allan and Roderick Kemp. A lot of money was invested in refitting and rebuilding the distillery |
1880-87 |
Rebuilt |
1880 |
The Whisky is mentioned in "The Scotsman’s Return from Abroad", a poem by R.L. Stevenson |
1892 |
The entire ownership went over to Alexander Grigor Allan after Kemp bought the Macallan-Glenlivet Distillery. He, Allan, merged it with the Dailuaine Distillery to form the Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries. This company built a pier, a tramway to link the pier to the distillery and houses for the employees and an excise officer |
1895 |
Lease transferred to the Talisker Distillery Co. Ltd. |
1898 |
Merged in Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd. |
1900 |
Distillery extended |
1914 |
Feu charter secured |
1916 |
Majority interest transferred to a consortium of the ’Big Three’ blenders and the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) |
1925 |
Absorbed by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) |
.... |
Still licensed to Dailuaine-Talisker, but operated by Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) |
1928 |
Triple distilation was practised until 1928 |
1960 |
Rebuilt after a fire in the still house. Five stills |
1972 |
Own Floor Maltings demolished. All stills became steamheated |
1988 |
Visitor centre opened |
1992 |
Licensed to Talisker Distillery Co. Ltd. |
1999 |
Owned by United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) |
2004 |
Owned by Diageo plc |
Technical Specifications |
General | Water Source | for production coming from a burn coming from Cnoc nan Speireag (Hawkshill), for cooling from the Carbost Burn |
Annual Output | 1,800,000 of alcohol (May 2006) | |
Finished Spirit (phenols) | ||
Blending Roles | mainly single malt, blend (Johnnie Walker Black Label and Blue Label) |
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Malt | Malt Source | |
Malt Type | ||
Malt Specification (phenols) | 18-20 ppm | |
Own Malting Floor | ||
Malt Storage | ||
Mill | Porteus | |
Grist Storage | ||
Mashing | Mash Tun | 1 lauter type with a copperdome installed in 1998 |
Mash Size | ||
First Water | 64°C | |
Second Water | 75°C | |
Third Water | 85°C | |
Fourth Water | ||
Fermentation | Washbacks | 6 made of Oregon Pine, with a capacity of 53,000 litres each |
Washback Charge | ||
Yeast | distillers | |
Amount of Yeast | ||
Length of Fermentation | ||
Initial Fermentation Temp. | ||
Strength of Wash | ||
Distillation | Wash Stills | 2, 14,706 litres, steamheated, with a construction in the lyne pipes that works as a purifier |
Wash Still Built | ||
Wash Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | ||
Wash Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Low Wines Run | ||
Low Wines Collection Range | ||
Spirit Stills | 3, 11,024 litres, steamheated |
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Spirit Still Built | ||
Spirit Still Charge | ||
Strength of Spirit Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | ||
Spirit Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Coolers | wormtubs, 2 large for the the wash stills, 3 smaller for the spirit stills | |
Foreshot Run | 20 minutes | |
Spirit Run | 76% - 75% | |
Feints Run | 65% - 66% | |
Spirit Cut | ||
Distilling Strength | ||
Storage | Storage Strength | |
Average Spirit Yield | ||
Disposal of Pot Ale/Spent Lees | ||
Type of Casks | bourbon, sherry, refill bourbon, refill sherry, sometimes wine casks, Amoroso Sherry | |
Warehouses | ||
Vatting and Bottling Location | vatting in Glasgow |