#coleburn

For reasons explained here, I’ve been a little out of the loop when it comes to industry news. An extensive perusal of Spirits Business showed me that I haven’t missed a whole, whole lot. There haven’t been a ton of new openings or plans or brand revamps as there have been in recent years. Overall, the spirits business is struggling. Younger people drink less compared to older generations, the…

Review by: The Muskox This Coleburn was part of a closed distilleries tasting I did back in April… Like many of the whisky reviews I started writing before/during my long hiatus this year, it sat in a vaguely-finished state with a score and notes but no write-up. I’ve cleaned up the formatting and added the SMWS name from my notes and memories but haven’t touched my original scores. Distillery:…

Review by: Raygun Another closed distillery up, at least for now. Coleburn was mothballed in 1985 and so far remains that way. Murray McDavid bought the brand and uses its warehouses, and I hear has plans to resume production. When and whether they will use the original site and equipment, I don’t know. Whether they plan to use weird finishes for all of it has also yet to be announced. Reviewed…

Review by: Raygun First Coleburn ever and it’s kind of a black box. Coleburn closed in 1985, so that’s the latest this could possibly have been distilled, but can’t find any solid information. If that’s right, this would have been released in 1997 or so. Rested about 10 minutes.  Distillery: Coleburn Bottler: James MacArthur Region/style: Speyside single malt Scotch ABV: 43%.  Age: 12…

Review by: TOModera So what the heck do I mean by Feathers Flight at the top? What kinda weird thing am I doing now? Is this review going to be about my genitalia again? Well no. Not all of it. I kinda promise. Every year, all I’d like to do for my birthday is review whisky. I don’t want to clean up after a party, or hang out, or anything like that: I just want to review whisky. And I get to…