一酹還祭肚皮-------我的Single Malt歲月

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原本想要明日再去北插探探路,不過看今日天氣似乎不錯,因此早上方才匆匆忙忙收了東西出門去也。
一路行來無論三峽街市或著五寮尖諸山皆是一片藍天,然而遠遠望著北插天山仍舊雲深霧鎖,
感覺有些不妙!
8:40分抵達鄭白山莊,對於攀登北插天山的人而言,這個時間稍嫌有些晚,
看了一下高度計,海拔大約360,不過出門時沒來的及校正,只能參考。
整頓裝備後,8:50分開始今日的行程,其實從鄭白山莊停車場至登山口還有一段距離,
得踢一段滿月圓的森林步道,今日遊客不少,9:30到達登山口,而漫長地爬升自此開始。 ...繼續閱讀

雖然是以Yoichi垂直品飲為主,不過眾家酒友大概擔心不夠盡興,
因此很有默契的幾乎是一人帶一瓶酒,而這款酒正是Kingfisher兄從德國帶回來的4支酒款之一,
恰巧與Yoichi一樣,Springbank也是使用直火加熱的蒸餾廠,正好可以拿來作個簡單的比較。
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這應該是Richard家第一次由自己主辦品酒會,便挑了這間Campbeltown的經典酒廠Springbank。
沒想到不過一個多月的時間,便傳來Springbank又要再次進入休停的消息
http://www.springbankdistillers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1378,

As a consequence of the continuing instability of basic raw material prices,
which have doubled within the last year, the management of J & A Mitchell and Company Ltd.
have decided to cut back the production of new spirit at their Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries until prices settle.
The state of the materials market will be kept under continuous review.

The opportunity will be taken to carry out necessary maintenance work and create the increased warehousing accommodation required for future development.
In the short term there will however, regrettably, be a few staff redundancies.
There will be no impact on the availability of bottled Springbank whisky or the Kilkerran whisky from its Glengyle Distillery as the Company has ample stocks of young maturing whisky which will enable it to continue supplying its home and export markets as normal.


Chairman
J & A Mitchell and Company Ltd.
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Dun Bheagan,其實國內有引進,只是品項不多,且以產區酒為大宗,
對我而言算是間半生不熟的裝瓶廠。
不過提起Dun Bheagan背後的母公司Ian Macleod或許有些酒友就比較有印象,
Ian Macleod創立於1933年,這在酒業這行並不算歷史悠久,不過Ian Macleod事業版圖擴張的很快,
從裝瓶工廠、調和式威士忌廠、裝瓶廠,甚至跨足威士忌以外其他酒種的銷售,
就拿裝瓶廠而言,旗下除了Dun Bheagan外尚有Chieftain's,
並於2003年取得Glengoyne,是既Signatory之後以裝瓶廠身分入主經營蒸餾廠的公司。
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