The argument for chill-filtering and adding caramel to whisky is to avoid customer-complaints regarding colour and blurring when it is chilled. Have you ever received any complaints on these issues?

Jeg har været en smut forbi Brdr. Schmidt ´s Vinhandel i Viby Centret og kigget lidt på det vi skal have onsdag aften.

Vi skal bl.a. smage på
Macduff
Bruichladdich
Caol Ila
Dallas Dhu
Highland Park
Glen Grant 35 års, Lonach
Invergordon grain 39 år.

Så var der en mere som jeg ikke lige kan huske hvad er.

Men det skal helt sikkert blive en spændende aften.

Vi ses.

MacNiels

Interview with Mark Watt "“ Duncan Taylor
May 9th. 2007, Viby Centret



Q: The argument for chill-filtering and adding caramel to whisky is to avoid customer-complaints regarding colour and blurring when it is chilled. Have you ever received any complaints on these issues?

A: We haven't received any complaints about whisky getting blur. People that buy Duncan Taylor products are aware that the whisky is not chill filtered.
A few years ago we had some complaints about Macallan matured on bourbon casks. This was before Fine Oak was launched. 


Q: The Lonach range: It's a vat of casks from the same distillery. Is it a mix of only two casks?
And if so, do you vat bourbon and sherry fx.?

A: The Lonach range is always a vat of two casks. Duncan Taylor did try to vat three casks once.


Q: The market, especially the Asian market is doing well, but it seems like the whisky that is presented is younger and younger. Is Duncan Taylor following those footsteps and bottling young whisky with the NC2 series? With that in mind, will the old bottling disappear?

A: The China market is going really well, and there is a lot of focus on that market.
However, this is not the reason why they started the series NC2. NC2 series will be promoted instead of the Whisky Galore series. The Whisky Galore series will continue in Denmark, but until some time ago, there were no Duncan Taylor logo on the WG bottle. The NC2 is a Duncan Taylor brand and it says on the label, by doing this, whisky drinkers know it's a quality brand.


Q: The last approx 20 years whisky distillers have casked their whisky at 63.5% abv. (in general). Do you think old whisky will disappear at it is today?

A: No, I hope not. One of the reasons is that distillers are better at selecting and making the right casks. The cask policy is way better than 40 years ago.


Q: Why haven't DTC released any 40 year old Laphroaigs?

A: Before Duncan Taylor, became DCT, they sold all old Laphroaig casks back to Laphroaig.
This would not have happened if it was today (Mark replies with a smile)


Q: When will a release from your Port Ellen stock be available?

A: There is no date for releasing Port Ellen at the moment
Q: Any news regarding the planning of the new "Duncan Taylor" distillery?

A: Hopefully it will be up and running in the spring/summer of 2008.
It will have 2 pot stills, 1 collomstill and 1 gin still. They will produce single malt, grain whisky and Gin. Even thoug they own a lot of casks, it would be necessary to buy new casks.


Q: The Battle hill-series is not promoted on your ordinary website. How come? And why is e.g. the 6 yo Auchentoshan in that series chill filtered?

A: The Battle hill series will change name, no new name found yet. It will have mainly younger whiskies, like Miltonduff and Auchentoshan finished on sherry quatercasks. The reason why Auchentoshan is chill filtered is because of a lot of bits and pieces in the cask. This was more than normal. The new series will not be chill filtered as the Battle hill series.


Q: Any chance of you bottling an Oban and/or Dalwhinnie in the near future?

A: There is nearly no independent bottling of Oban and Dalwhinnie. If one or both should be bottled by an independent bottler, it would be under another name.

MacNiels

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Battlehill Range of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies

Duncan Taylor has released a collection of youthful whiskies under the Battlehill label. The Battlehill is on the outskirts of Huntly and is renowned for its skirmishes between the clans, and of course our Sassenach neighbours. The Battlehill is an important landmark in Scotland's history!

Within the range there are our finest 6 to 9 year old single malt whiskies, that have been selected for their exceptional characteristics. The range includes whiskies from Imperial, Auchentoshan, Miltonduff amongst others.

The whiskies are bottled at 43% as we feel that this is the ideal drinking strength for these whiskies ensuring that they are accessible for all to enjoy.

Battlehill - An Historic Dram!