125 years later, ABERFELDY single malt pays homage to its wealthy previous by persevering with to create distinctive malt whisky, representing the distillery’s gold normal strategy to whisky making. At this time, the distillery goes to nice lengths to look after the encompassing space to construct a extra sustainable future, from decreasing its carbon footprint by 90% since 2015 by putting in a biomass boiler, to enhancing water effectivity by greater than 30% within the final 15 years.
The 25 12 months Outdated restricted version, in a commemorative pack, celebrates the distillery’s heritage, with a whisky typical of Aberfeldy’s signature tender, honeyed waxy character, augmented by a end in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks.
5-time Worldwide Whisky Competitors ‘Grasp Blender of the 12 months’ and ABERFELDY Malt Grasp, Stephanie Macleod commented: “The partitions of our charming distillery are steeped in historical past and heritage, standing testomony to a practice of whisky making stretching again over generations. Along with the distillery workforce led by Distillery Supervisor, John MacKenzie, and the workforce of gifted Blenders, we have now the honour of balancing previous, current and future in each bottle of Aberfeldy to create the constant premium high quality and style individuals get pleasure from all over the world. Aberfeldy is actually on the coronary heart of Scotland and, as quickly as you arrive, it’s simple to see why John Alexander Dewar selected this space to construct his first and solely distillery.”
The distillery was the primary and solely distillery constructed by John Alexander Dewar and is positioned just some miles from the place his father – John Dewar Senior – was born, ranging from humble beginnings earlier than founding the household enterprise that John Alexander took over. Jacqui Seargeant, Heritage Supervisor, Bacardi commented:“John Alexander was on the peak of his whisky-making profession when he based the distillery and he would have had his alternative of a few of the finest areas within the Highlands. Out of all of these, he selected Aberfeldy, a location that had all of the components to make a superior Highland single malt, notably a superior pure water supply by way of the gold-rich Pitilie Burn, which runs proper previous the distillery. And there was possible a sentimental cause too, a homecoming of kinds, being simply three miles from the place his father was born and the household’s whisky legacy started.”
The particular version collector’s pack of Aberfeldy 25 12 months Outdated is obtainable for £500 beginning this October. The expression is accessible from the distillery’s on-line store, and will be bought from Grasp of Malt within the UK. It is going to even be accessible in Germany, France, america, China and Taiwan, from the primary week of October 2023.
This has been a incredible 12 months of innovation for Aberfeldy, with the model additionally releasing two new restricted version expressions into its wine cask assortment within the UK – Aberfeldy 15 12 months Outdated completed in Cadillac wine casks, and Aberfeldy 18 12 months Outdated completed in Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks from Napa Valley. The restricted version wine casks can be found now from Grasp of Malt, Berry Brothers & Rudd, Home of Malt, First Growth, The Whisky Change, Aberfeldy 15 12 months Outdated Cadillac French Wine Cask End is obtainable for £59.99 and Aberfeldy 18 12 months Outdated Napa Valley Pink Wine Cask is obtainable for £115.
