DISTILLERY NEWS

It has been a quietly industrious time for the production team this month. Production is running smoothly with a variety of casks being filled to contribute to our core products later down the line. The hardest part of whisky production is always the waiting, but it is always reassuring to know that when our delicious spirit enters our casks, they will go on to be something fantastic!

On that note, Lorena has been nosing and tasting a number of casks to select the perfect ones for export and UK customer single cask bottlings. Her desk is always a sight to behold, especially when she’s busy nosing at 9am – no matter how delicious the whisky, that would be too early for most of us!

The bottling team have been busy with a variety of bottlings from single casks through to our core products. Our Warehouse Assistant, Robbie (who also happens to be the MD Drew’s brother!) was helping to roll some of our largest casks, luckily in that jacket you’ll definitely see him coming!

We caught up with some two of our Production Operatives in the distillery last week to see what they were getting up to, and they were both enjoying getting their teeth stuck into new tasks. Scott said that his highlight of the month has been doing the mash by himself for the first time – and Charles’s highlight was training Scott on the mash!

Slàinte

Gary Haggart
Distillery Manager at Lindores Abbey

LINDORES ON TOUR

These are some of the busiest months in the year for us at Lindores so we have been out and about all over the country and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible!

Front of house team member, Seb (our Blender Lorena’s son) spent the day at Aitken Wines in Dundee spreading the excitement for Lindores. It was his first time running an instore tasting and he loved every moment of it, and those who came along to taste our drams were equally happy! We are sure Seb will be visiting more corners of the country in the coming months, so do pop along to meet him at one of his next tastings.

Two more of the Lindores team, Matt and John, headed to Stirling Whisky Festival two weeks ago for a jam-packed day of tastings. They had a fantastic time at this busy and lively festival where they shared our history and delicious drams with whisky enthusiasts from all over Scotland.

Robbies Whisky Merchants in Ayr have just brought out a Lindores market exclusive from one of our delicious port casks. Definitely make sure to give them a visit for the chance to sample and pick up this exclusive bottle.

Also coming up in the next few weeks:

Matt will be heading down to Kendal this weekend for the Kendal Whisky Festival – his Parson’s Terrier Ella is also coming along for the ride so you might spot them both around and about if you’re in the area! Make sure to pop over to the Lindores stand for a dram and a chat.

Lindores will also be in Perth this weekend for the switching on of the Christmas lights. Whilst crowds may be largely flocking to the city for the promise of hearing Boney M’s live backing music for the switch on, they can also pop into the new shop Malts And Spirits for a tasting with Ben who will have several drams on offer to warm you up!

There are plenty more tastings happening across the UK over the next month so make sure to follow our social media updates to let them know when and where we will be each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Christmas Crackers are taking the country by storm again, selling out extremely quickly so grab a stocking filler or secret Santa gift from your local specialist bottle shop while stocks last.

Finally, at the end of the month we will be at The Scotch Whisky Experience Distillers Fair on 29^th and 30^th of December in Edinburgh. It’s a fantastic show that brings together the best in the industry, so definitely worth a visit. We hope to see you there!

LINDORES INTERNATIONAL

Our export manager Elliot enlisted the help of lots of the team this month with Lindores representatives popping up all over Europe.

Our blender, Lorena, took a trip over to Denmark to visit our Danish friends at Mac Y. She was supporting them at their biggest annual show in Fredericks, just outside Viborg. The whisky and conversation were flowing, and she was thrilled to meet so many Lindores fans, both old and new!

Dean, our Assistant Distillery Manager, flew over to Germany a few weeks ago to lend a hand to our German importer Prineus at the Bottle Market Bremen show. It was great to have a member of our distillery team at the show to answer all your more technical questions and Dean reported back that those in our German Lindores Family continue to be our biggest fans!

Elliot himself took a trip over to snowy Oslo to discover a bit more about the Norwegian whisky scene and to work with the Vinmonopolet system to hopefully get a foothold in the market. He was then taken a bit further south to the Netherlands to support our Dutch importers, WIN Dranken at a show in The Hague which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, on both sides of the pourings!

CHRISTMAS DISTILLERY EXCLUSIVE 

We have a new Distillery Exclusive hitting the shelves on the 9th December. This beautiful Ruby Port Wine Barrique is the newest addition to our Distillery Cask series, and its colour really lives up to its name. This cask strength offering will be available to buy exclusively at the distillery and we shall be launching it at our Christmas Market.  It is limited to just 317 bottles so it is a must have addition to any Lindores collectors’ shelves.

Nose: Mellow prunes, figs, plums and dark berries, chestnuts. Taste: Fruity nectarines, caramel cream, dark chocolate orange, cinnamon spices, marzipan and roasted chestnuts. Smooth texture on the palate. Very Well Balanced and complex. Finish: Lingering spicy poached pears finish. Colour: Mahogany, henna notes