This bottling of a 15-year-old Mannochmore single malt was produced by the Scotch Malts Whisky Society under the name Viscous Velvet Rare Release especially for Spirit of Speyside Festival 2023. The whisky was distilled in 2007 and was bottled in 2119 bottles in 2023.
The Mannochmore distillery was built in 1971 by John Haig & Co. Between 1985 and 1989 it was shut down and only since 1992 has Mannochmore been available as a single malt. In the meantime, they produce the black hole Dhu. The distillery only produces in winter and is run by the workers of the nearby Glenlossie distillery, which only produces in summer.
The Speyside lies in the north-east of the Highlands and is considered the centre of Scotland's whisky production. Around the towns of Elgin, Rothes, Keith and Dufftown there are more distilleries than anywhere else in Scotland, including big names such as Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Macallan and many more.
Elegance and complexity are often cited as characteristic features of Speyside malts, but the variety of whiskies produced here is too great to speak of a single style.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This bottling of a 15-year-old Mannochmore single malt was produced by the Scotch Malts Whisky Society under the name Viscous Velvet Rare Release especially for Spirit of Speyside Festival 2023. The whisky was distilled in 2007 and was bottled in 2119 bottles in 2023.
The Mannochmore distillery was built in 1971 by John Haig & Co. Between 1985 and 1989 it was shut down and only since 1992 has Mannochmore been available as a single malt. In the meantime, they produce the black hole Dhu. The distillery only produces in winter and is run by the workers of the nearby Glenlossie distillery, which only produces in summer.
The Speyside lies in the north-east of the Highlands and is considered the centre of Scotland's whisky production. Around the towns of Elgin, Rothes, Keith and Dufftown there are more distilleries than anywhere else in Scotland, including big names such as Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Macallan and many more.
Elegance and complexity are often cited as characteristic features of Speyside malts, but the variety of whiskies produced here is too great to speak of a single style.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
