Glen Moray Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Glen Moray

Scotch Whisky
Distillery Style
Tasting Notes

Nose: Light and fresh with delicate fruit and malt, grassy.

Palate: Light and smooth. Well balanced with oak, vanilla, malt, citrus fruits.

Finish:Long delicate but complex.

Glen Moray Scotch Whisky

Distillery Information

Converted from a former Brewery in 1897 by the Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery Co.
Location Speyside region, Lossie district East of Elgin
Water source River Lossie

Glen Moray Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment

Stainless steel mash tun.
5 Stainless steel washbasks
4 Squat onion shaped stills
Matured in American oak bourbon casks with various other casks for special editions in Traditional Dunnage warehouses on site

Glen Moray Scotch Whisky Distillery History 

Situated on the banks of the River Lossie on the East side of Elgin close to former place of execution for 17th century criminals "Gallow Crook Hill" In 1962 during the excavation for the footings of a new warehouse seven skulls were uncovered One with a musket ball lodged in the jaw. The last hanging was in 1697.

Glen Moray originally started as a brewery, (Henry Arnott & Co) which was converted into a whisky distillery in 1897 by the Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery Co.

The distillery closed in 1910 and after a brief one-season reopening in 1912, didn't go back into production until 1923, when Macdonald & Muir, the owners of Glenmorangie acquired the distillery.

Since then the only time the distillery has been closed was during World War II, due to the war restrictions.

In 1958 the stills where increased from 2 to 4. The malting where converted to a Saladin Box, which was in use up to 1977

Current Owners are Glenmorangie Plc Water source River Lossie. Glen Moray is a component of the Queen Anne blend

Glen Moray Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottlings 

Glen Moray 8 year old Classic Single Speyside Malt
Glen Moray 12 Year Old
Glen Moray 16 Year Old

Glen Moray Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Older Distillery Bottlings

Glen Moray Classic Special Edition
Glen Moray Chenin Blanc
Glen Moray Distillery Manager’s Choice 1995
Glen Moray Vallee Rhone
Glen Moray Port Wood Finish
Glen Moray 1981 Single Sherry Butt
Glen Moray 1986 Commemorative
Glen Moray 1991Mountain Oak Final Release
Glen Moray vintages 1959, 1962, 1963. 1964,1984, 1986, 1989, 1991,1992, 1995,
Glen Moray 30 Year Old

Glen Moray Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Independent Bottlings

Blackadder
Cadenhead’s,
Dewar Rattery,
MacLeod’s,
Mackillops Choice,
Murray McDavid
NC2 (Duncan Taylor),
Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing)
Signatory.
SMWS

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