GLENFIDDICH TASTING at MILROYS of SOHO August fifteenth, 2022 – Scotch Whisky Information
August sixth, 2022
GLENFIDDICH TASTING
The story across the constructing of Glenfiddich has the air of a Victorian fairy story.
It was in 1886 that William Grant of Dufftown determined to go away his place as supervisor of Mortlach and begin up on his personal. He had saved assiduously and, fortuitously, was beginning his undertaking simply as Elizabeth Cumming was revamping Cardhu and changing her previous small stills. Alongside along with his spouse and 9 youngsters, William constructed his distillery close to to the Fiddich river by hand.
The primary new make trickled from the stills Christmas Day, 1887.
Across the mid to late 1800’s extra distilleries have been based within the space however not all managed to succeeded in the best way Glenfiddich did and certainly nonetheless does, with a mass inflow of brokers providing to bankroll the growth it’s no shock so many failed, it was the willpower and tenacity of William along with his ardour for whisky above all else that made the distillery thrive.
Every time we attempt a glass of Glenfiddich we’re consuming a bit of historical past.
At the moment, Glenfiddich stays the world’s best-selling single malt with gross sales greater than a million circumstances a yr.
The vary has expanded to cowl extra ages and cask kinds than ever earlier than with unbelievable tastes from every classic and magnificence.
Alex Walker the Model Ambassador for the Glenfiddich distillery can be taking us by way of the line-up under:
Glenfiddich 2009 Purple Wine Cask Matured 63%
Glenfiddich 2002 Mild Sherry 60.8%
Glenfiddich 12yo French Unique 40%
Glenfiddich Grand Reserva 21yo 40%
Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23yo 40%
Glenfiddich Grande Couronne 43.8%
