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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Wood
Bitter Lemon
Apples Tea Oranges Ginger
Pepper Tannins |
MM
Distillery profile:
Coleburn is another Speyside distillery that didn't
survive the 1980's. Located between the Glen Elgin
and Speyburn distilleries, Coleburn was founded
in 1896 by John Robertson & Sons. They decided
to sell it to the Clynelish Distillery Co Ltd. in
1916, who in turn transferred it to DCL (one of
their co- owners) in 1925. There were some more
changes in ownership until Coleburn was finally
closed by DCL in 1985. One year later DCL became
part of United Distillers. The license was cancelled
in 1992, which means Coleburn will probably... More
on Malt Madness. |
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All
the Winners - 90+
(updated November 4, 2007) - Tasting
Notes: Please scroll down |
| Points,
whiskies
90 - Coleburn 24yo 1980/2004 (62.9%, MacKillop's
Choice, Sherry, C#1261) |
| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Coleburn
17 yo 1965 (40%, G&M CC Old Brown Label)
- 070405
- Coleburn
1972/2002 (40%, G&M Connoisseur’s
Choice) - 290604
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| MacKillop's
Choice |
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- Coleburn
1980/2004 (62.9%, McKillop’s Choice, sherry
wood, cask #1261) - 080106
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| Signatory
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- Coleburn
30 yo 1970/2000 (57%, Signatory, cask #100,
300 bottles) - 280805
- Coleburn
36 yo 1970/2006 (62.4%, Signatory, cask #00/1142,
233 bottles) - 120806
- Coleburn
19 yo 1981/2001 (46%, Signatory Unchillfiltered,
sherry, dist 22/10/81) - 070405
- Coleburn
14 yo 1983/1997 (43%, Signatory, cask #796)
- 120806
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(all
current rankings 
90 points
- Last tasted: January 8, 2006
- Tasting notes: 
