Teaninich

Teaninich

The Teaninich distillery was buit in 1817 a little north of Inverness, not far from the Dalmore distillery. As a single malt whisky it's quite obscure because Diageo has always used most of the output as a 'filler' for their blends. Consequentially, bottlings of Teaninich as a single malt are quite rare.
In 1973 the milling, mashing and fermentation installations of the old part of the distillery were rebuilt and in 1975 a dark grains plant was constructed for the production of cattle feed out of the waste of the distillation process. After a large crisis hit the whisky world in the early 1980's, the four stills of 'the B side' (the old distillery) were closed in 1984. The six stills of the A side (i. e. the new distillery) followed one year later in 1985. Both parts of Teaninich remained mothballed between 1985 and 1991, when the A side was re-opened by UDV (the successors of DCL).
In 2000 Teaninich installed a mash filter press. This device is regularly used in breweries. In the filter press the mash is squeezed between 24 cloth plates, the wort is collected and the draff is removed. After repeating this process three times, the wash back is full. Despite several advantages (faster turnover times, fewer moving parts and less wear and tear), Teaninich is still the only distillery in Scotland to use a filter press instead of a mash tun.
In 2013 Diageo announced plans to build a new malt whisky distillery. The new distillery, which will create up to 20 new Diageo jobs, will be adjacent to the company’s existing Teaninich distillery but will have its own name and identity. It involves an investment in the region of £50million and will have the capacity to produce around 13 million litres of spirit per annum (mla) from 16 copper stills. An on-site bio-energy plant will also be constructed to convert co-products into green energy to power the distillery.
At the same time Diageo, also plans to invest £12million in expanding the existing Teaninich distillery to almost double its capacity. The company hopes to be in a position to begin work on the new distillery in 2014. The single malt whisky produced at the new distillery and at the expanded Teaninich distillery will be used in a range of Diageo’s world-leading blended Scotch whisky brands.


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Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 43%vol
Medium bodied, pleasing dryness, gentle, smooth and a little smoky, well balanced sweetness

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1 l = 62.71 €

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Spirits and syrups coloured if not declared otherwise. All wines and sparkling wines contain sulphites.