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Strathmill Scotch Whisky

Distillery Information

Founded in 1891
Location Speyside region Central district, Keith town
Water source On site spring

Strathmill Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment

Stainless steel mash tun
6 Stainless steel washbacks
4 Stubby pot stills fitted with purifiers
Matured in American oak bourbon casks in traditional dunnage warehousing on site

Strathmill Scotch Whisky Distillery History
 
The Strathmill distillery is located in the town of Keith and was set up in converted mill buildings in 1891. The mill and surrounding buildings had been built in 1823, and were used as an oatmeal mill. During this period the mill was called the Strathisla Mills and it was rumoured that it had been the site of Illegal distillation.

Initially the distillery was called the Glenisla-Glenlivet distillery. And at the height of the 1890’s whisky boom the distillery was sold in 1895 to the London gin company W&A Gilbey for £9’500.They changed the distillery name to Strathmill to reflect the history of the buildings and the area; ‘strathmill’ means ‘the mill in the long valley’.

In 1962 Gilbey merged with Justin & Brooks and United Vintners to form International Distillers & Vintners. The number of stills was increased form two to four in 1968.

Grand Metropolitan and run by Justerini & Brooks acquired the distillery in 1975. Due to the mergers of the 1980-90’s the distillery eventually became part of the Diageo portfolio

Although Strathmill was released as a single malt as early as in 1909, the distillery has always focused on blended whisky; the second official single malt bottling was not to be released until 1993. This time under Diageo’s Flora and Fauna Series.

Strathmill is an important component of Justin & Brooks and Dunhill. Blends.

Strathmill Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottlings

Straithmill 12 year old Flora & Fauna (Discontinued)

Strathmill Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Independent Bottlings
Berry's Own Selection
Cadenhead’s
Cask strength (Duncan Taylor)
Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod),
Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)
Dewar Rattery
Hart Brothers
Norse Cask (Denmark)
Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing)
Signatory.
Spirit Safe (Celtic Whisky Compagnie)

Strathmill Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1991 40%
Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)

Tasting note
Colour: Golden straw.

Neat
Nose: Red apples with delicate spices - hints of white pepper and cloves. Some dry grass and cedar wood aromas.
Palate: Sweet and herbal, some green grass and wine/sweet fruit flavours. Drying, charred oak notes.

With Water
Nose: Perfumed and herbal aromas with sweet fruit notes in the background. Hints of heather honey.
Palate: Sweet, vanilla flavours with spices (aniseed and nutmeg). Slowly dries leaving floral elements.
Body: Light.
Finish: Dry, perfumed

Strathmill

Scotch Whisky
Distillery Style
Tasting Notes

Nose: Light and delicate. Creamy, honey, orange.

Palate: Medium bodied. Vanilla, toffee, orange, heather and honey.

Finish: Long and dry, chocolate orange.

Strathmill Distillery

Keith
Banffshire
AB55 5DQ

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