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An Cnoc Scotch Whisky

Distillery Style
Tasting Notes

Nose: Light, fruity, grassy, faint peat smoke.

Palate: Very light bodied, creamy on the palate, subtle traces of fruit, sweet, vanilla.
  Finish :Creamy and sweet.

anCnoc Distillery, Knock,

By Huntly,
Aberdeenshire
AB5 5LI
Tel: +44 (0)1466 771223

Visitors by appointment

anCnoc Scotch Whisky Distillery Information

Founded in 1894
Location Speyside region, northeast district Huntly
Water source Local springs on Knock hill

anCnoc Scotch Whisky Distillery Equipment

Cast iron mash tun
6 Oregon washbacks
2 squat stills with boil balls in their necks

anCnoc Scotch Whisky Distillery History

The Knockdhu Distillery, from which anCnoc comes, was founded in 1894 following the discovery of several springs of the purest, crystal clear water on the southern slopes of the Knock Hill

Situated beneath the Knock Hill, known to local villagers by its Gaelic name of anCnoc. Transformed by the Scottish wind and heather, the Knock Hill appears black from a distance, hence the Gaelic name Cnoc Dhubh, from which Knockdhu originates

Knockdhu Distillery is situated on the eastern perimeter of Speyside, which is renowned for its pure spring water and fresh crisp air

When production started in 1894 the Distillery was a showpiece, the two pot stills could turn out 2500 gallons of spirit per week

Today, the two original pot stills remain in the Distillery, providing anCnoc with its traditional distinctive flavour as tasted over 100 years ago.

Knockdhu has two tall ball shaped stills that produce 11,000 litres of spirit, which equals 4,750 six-pack cases

The conventional, cast iron mashtun’s produce a very clear wort, with a mash size of 4150kg

With six wooden washbacks in total, the average volume produced is 21500 litres. The wooden washbacks generate a more consistent wash, most distilleries today use new steel versions

Traditional worm tubs which were used in the original whisky making process are still used today to produce the finished whisky

The new make characteristics are clean, sharp, citrus, estery and floral

The typical spirit Vat strength is 69% Volume.

anCnoc Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottlings

anCnoc 12 year old
anCnoc 16 year old
anCnoc 1997

anCnoc Single Malt Scotch Whisky Older Distillery Bottlings
anCnoc 21 Year old
anCnoc 1975 Vintage
anCnoc 1990
anCnoc 1991
anCnoc 1993
anCnoc 1994
anCnoc 1995
anCnoc 1996
anCnoc 13 year old Highland Selection
anCnoc 26 year old Highland Selection
anCnoc 30 year old

Knockdhu Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Knockdhu 23 year old
 

Knockdhu Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Independent Bottlings

Adelphi
Cadenhead's
Provenance (Douglas Laing),