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barmetro

Email- barmetro@libero.it

Insertion Date: 14/10/2011


Distillery

MANNOCHMORE DISTILLERY PROFILE

Type

1971 Built by John Haig & Co, 1985 Mothballed,1989 Reopened,1992 Available as a Single Malt, 1996 Release of Loch Dhu Single Malt, Water Source : Bardon Burn.

Region

Loch Dhu, 'The Black Whisky' Was Made At Mannochmore By Diageo In 1996-7. Although The Marketing Story Was That The Whisky Was The Whisky Was The Pitch-Black Colour of The Malt Was Achieved

Age

By The Addition of Vast Quantities of Spirit Caramel (While Contemporary Rumours Attributed It to Anything From A Deliberate Lack of Filtration to The Addition of Powdered Charcoal).

Distilled

Reviled By Whisky Writers And Industry Critics, The Loch Dhu Experiment Was Shortlived - However, Since Production Was Stopped The Brand Has Assumed A Cult Status. Dwindling Stocks And An Increased

Size

Demand Due to Its Rarity Have Transformed This Much-Maligned Malt Into A Collector's Item - A Situation That Has Sparked The Copycat Cu Dubh Black Malt From Speyside Distillery And Caused Much

Proof

Exasperated Head-Shaking Amongst Whisky Purists, Many of Whom Have Named It On Lists of The Worst Whisky Ever Made.

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