Product description
Bottle No. 0156, 2851
Coleburn Distillery was founded in 1897 and about 20 years later acquired by John Walker & Sons, which in turn became part of DCL in 1925.
Coleburn was equipped with one pair of stills with distilling capacity of roughly 1 million liter of spirit per annum. The distillery was mothballed in 1985 and never reopened. Developers purchased the site and built a hotel, spa and a conference center. Until its closure Coleburn supplied malt for Johnnie Walker blends and the first and only official bottling was released in 2000, as a part of Rare Malts with an outrun of 6000 bottles. Independent offerings are extremely rare.
Nose: fragrant with hints of spice, vanilla, raisins, coconut flakes, oranges, shortbread and a whiff of peat smoke.
Palate: sweet, slightly creamy, apples, oranges, almond croissant, vanilla, traces of mint, ginger, sour lemon drops and peat.
Finish: long and dry, oak, ginger, hints of ground pepper and peat smoke.