Mortlach 16 - An intriguing whisky & a complicated distilling process скачать в хорошем качестве

Mortlach 16 - An intriguing whisky & a complicated distilling process

First I would like to mention that this is a revised version of the original video that I just edited. So for those that saw the original, it no longer exists because I deleted or removed it. The reason for this is I felt I had to chop a bit out of it but more important I re-thought my score on the whisky. So this is the new revised video. James Findlater with two other investors started Mortlach distillery in the wake of the Excise Act in 1823, on the site of an older illicit distillery. Mortlach was the first legal distillery in Dufftown. It was the only distillery in Dufftown until Glenfiddich was founded in 1887. Interestingly enough, Glenfiddich founder William Grant, was the manager at Mortlach distillery for 20 years. Between 1823 and 1853 the distillery passed through numerous owners and became a brewery for a short time. It passed briefly through the hands of the Glen Grant brothers who gutted the equipment for their distillery in Rothes. In 1853 things changed for the better when the engineer, George Cowie, partnered up with John Gordon and got the distillery up and running productively. In 1867 George Cowie became sole owner of the distillery. The whisky had become so famous that in 1868 the Elgin Courant wrote "There is not perhaps a distillery in Scotland that has so many private customers as Mortlach from whisky spirits are sent not only over the three kingdom's to families, but to America, India, China and Australia, in all of whisky Mr Cowie has customers who prefer his distillation to all others". George Cowie's son Doctor Alexander Cowie, took control of the distillery in 1896. He worked with the famous distillery architect Charles C Doig, and Mortlach was expanded in 1897. Alexander put the 2.81 distillation process into place, added electric lights and helped bring in the railway siding known as the 'Strathspey line' that linked it directly to Dufftown. Dr. Alexander Cowie eventually sold Mortlach in 1923 to John Walker and Sons who were very impressed with the whisky and wanted Mortlach to be used in their blends. Of course today that is Diageo. It might be up for debate but this whisky is known to have the most complicated distilling process of all the distilleries in Scotland. And "No, I still don't totally understand the intricacies of the distilling process". I would be a fool to try explain it when those reviewers that I have read are struggling trying to describe it. So if you're interested, do your own research and maybe you can explain it to me and others. I mentioned in the review that I had a brief encounter with Mortlach while having a dram with a friend one foggy evening. All I can remember that evening was that, "it is a strange brew". That vague memory and doing recent research only added to the intrigue. It only seemed fitting to add the 1812 overture when introducing this unique and powerful brew. Let's watch the video. Slàinte Mhath Please note that the contents of this video are my own personal opinion and perspective.