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Old Fettercairn Single Malt Scotch Whisky tasting notes

The Whisky Tasting Indexes - Old Fettercairn

 

Old Fettercairn - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Highlands
WF Distillery Ranking: Quatrième Cru Classé (all current rankings here)


Status: active - Stills: 4 (2 wash, 2 spirit) - Founded: 1824
Address: Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire AB30 1YB - Phone: +44 (0)1561 340 205
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One of my favourite expressions so far:
Fettercairn 13 yo 1980/1993 (46%, Cadenhead)
92 points - Last tasted: November 11, 2005 - Tasting notes: here
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General Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Toasted Dried fruits Oranges Chocolate Raisins Rum Oranges Honey

MM Distillery profile:
The Old Fettercairn distillery (a.k.a. Fettercairn or Nethermill) was built in 1824 by Sir Alexander Ramsay. So, that's the meaning of the number 1824 on the bottles - it's not the distillation year... The distillery was rebuilt between 1887 and 1890 after it was damaged by a fire. Fettercairn was hardly the only distillery in Scotland to suffer such a fate - in fact I imagine that the distilleries that were not damaged or even completely destroyed at least once in their lifetime are the proverbial exceptions to the rule...The story of Fettercairn is not all that different from that of other Scottish distilleries either, in the sense that this whisky distillery had quite a few ... More on Malt Madness.
Fettercairn

Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF)

Whiskyfun tasting notes
OB - no vintage
  • Old Fettercain NAS (40%, OB, White & McKay, oval label, 1980’s) - 190807
  • Fettercairn Fior (42%, OB, +/-2010) - 301011
  • Fettercairn ‘Fior’ (42%, OB, +/-2016) - 200418
  • Fettercairn 'Fasque' (42%, OB, +/-2014) - 101214
  • Fettercairn 8yo (43%, OB, bottled 1979, white label, 75cl) - 190807
  • Old Fettercairn 10 yo (43%, OB, 1980's) - no notes - 84
  • Old Fettercairn 10yo (40%, OB, early 1990's) - 190807
  • Fettercairn 12 yo '1824' (40%, OB, 2003) - no notes - 70
  • Fettercairn 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2019) - 311019 - by Angus - 071219
  • Fettercairn 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2020) - 020321
  • Fettercairn 16 yo (46.4%, OB, 2020) - 091020
  • Fettercairn 16 yo (46.4%, OB, 2nd release, +/-2022) -  070422
  • Fettercairn 22 yo (47%, OB, 2020) - 091020
  • Fettercairn 24 yo (44.4%, OB, 2009) - 021209
  • Fettercairn 28 yo (42%, OB, 2018) - 221018 - by Angus - 071219
  • Fettercain 1824 30 yo (45%, Stillman’s Dram, circa 2005) - 091105
  • Fettercairn 30 yo (43.3%, OB, 2009) - 021209
  • Fettercairn 40 yo (40%, OB, 2009) - 021209 - 021209
OB - vintage
  • Fettercairn 30 yo 1955  (41.2%, OB, Whyte & Mackay, +/-1985) - 291113
  • Fettercairn 50 yo 1966/2017 (47.9%, OB, cask #1) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 40 yo 1977/2018 (48.9%, OB, 818 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 2010/2021 'Warehouse 2 Batch No.001' (49.7%, OB) - 020321
Cadenhead
  • Fettercairn 22 yo 1962/1985 (46%, Cadenhead dumpy) - 190807
  • Fettercairn 13 yo 1980/1993 (46%, Cadenhead) - 091105
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 1980/1992 (58.6%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, 150th Anniversary) - 101214
  • Fettercairn 29 yo 1988/2018 (54.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, hogshead, 252 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 19 yo 1993/2013 (54.1%, Cadenhead, small batch, bourbon hogshead, 462 bottles) - 291113
  • Fettercairn 23 yo 1993/2017 (50.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 210 bottles) - 200418
  • Fettercairn 11 yo 2007/2019 (57.6%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogsheads, 312 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 11 yo 2007/2019 (56.7%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, bourbon hogsheads) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 2007/2021 (55.3%, Cadenhead, Annual Shop Release, Whisky & More Baden, Palo Cortado Hogshead, 288 bottles) -  070422
  • Fettercairn 9 yo 2008/2018 (58.8%, Cadenhead, Warehouse Tasting) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 9 yo 2008/2018 (57.8%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, hogsheads, 564 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 10 yo 2008/2019 (56.6%, Cadenhead, Wine Cask, Pinot Noir, 264 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 10 yo 2009/2019 (57.3%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, bourbon hogsheads, 516 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 10 yo 2009/2019 (55.8%, Cadenhead, Sherry Cask, sherry hogshead, 252 bottles) - 270820
Douglas Laing
  • Fettercairn 8 yo 2006/2014 (46%, Douglas Laing, Provenance, cask #10571) - 200418
Malts of Scotland
  • Fettercairn 1990/2013 (51.5%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon, cask #MoS 13004, 242 bottles) - 291113
Signatory
  • Fettercairn 25 yo 1970/1996 (57%, Signatory, cask #1709, 202 bottles) - no notes - 85
  • Fettercairn 13 yo 1980/1994 (43%, Signatory, cask #2001-2002, 750 bottles) - 100606
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 1980/1994 (43%, Signatory, cask #2003-2004, 680 bottles) - 100606
  • Fettercairn 30 yo 1988/2019 (56.9%, Signatory Vintage for C. Dully, cask #2007, hogshead, 219 bottles) - 140120 - by Angus - 071219
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 1996/2011 (46%, Signatory, Un-chilfiltered Collection, hogshead, 4337, 385 bottles) - 301011
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 1996/2011 (46%, Signatory Unchillfiltered, cask # 4241, 304 bottles) - 291113
SMWS
  • Fettercairn 37 yo 1962/2000 (50.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #94.3, ‘The oldest yet’) - 140120
The Whisky Fair
  • Old Fettercairn 33 yo 1975/2008 (58.3%, The Perfect Dram, 143 bottles) - 310709
  • Old Fettercairn 34 yo 1975/2009 (57%, The Whisky Agency, Bourbon hogshead, 132 bottles) - 310709
  • Fettercairn 24 yo 1990/2014 (46.4%, The Whisky Agency, Liquid Library, hogshead, 120 bottles) - 101214
Various IB
  • Fettercairn 8 yo (40%, La Maison du Whisky, Tartan, +/-2015) - 200418
  • Old Fettercairn 34 yo 1975/2009 (57.2%, Whisky-Fässle, Bourbon hogshead) - 180914
  • Fettercairn 35 yo 1978/2017 (53.5%, Ukrainian Whisky Connoisseurs Club Choice, 336 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 28 yo 1988/2016 (50.6%, Antique Lions of Spirits, 292 bottles) - 200418
  • Fettercairn 29 yo 1988/2017 (48.9%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 154 bottles) - 221018
  • Fettercairn 24 yo 1995/2021 (53%, Thompson Bros., refill hogshead, 20 bottles) - 270522
  • Fettercairn 21 yo 1996/2018 (63.5%, Fadandel.dk, Selected by the Swede, hogshead, cask #4333, 218 bottles) - 070422
  • Fettercairn 16 yo 1997/2013 (51.5%, Chester Whisky & Liqueur, bourbon hogshead, 144 bottles) - 110614
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 2001/2014 (48%, Distiller’s Art, 346 bottles) - 200418
  • Fettercairn 8 yo 2005/2014 (46%, Preston's) - 110614
  • Fettercairn 16 yo 2005/2021 (53.2%, Morisco Spirits, sherry cask, 72 bottles) - 270522
  • Fettercairn 10 yo 2006/2017 (52.6%, Wich, Sujet, Madeira finish, cask #107660, 420 bottles) - 200418
  • Fettercairn 2008/2017 (58.4%, L'Esprit, cask #BB4624, 237 bottles) - 091020
  • Fettercairn 2006/2017 (45%, L'Esprit, Golden Barley, cask #107733, 350 bottles) - 070422
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 2006/2019 (57.4%, North Star Spirits, bourbon hogshead, 180 bottles) - 311019
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 2006/2021 (52.9%, Single Cask Collection, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #107662, 189 bottles) - 270522
  • Fettercairn 11 yo 2007/2019 (55.7%, Infrequent Flyers, hogshead, cask #801506, 303 bottles) - 270522
  • Fettercairn 14 yo 2007/2021 (55.1%, Thompson Bros., 2 refill barrels, 508 bottles) - 070422
  • Fettercairn 10 yo 2008/2019 (57.4%, eSpirits for Liquid Treasures, 10th Anniversary, rum barrel, 136 bottles) - 140120
  • Fettercairn 2008/2019 (48%, The Whisky Baron, Founder’s Collection, bourbon, cask #4622, 270 bottles) - 270820
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 2008/2021 (53.4%, The Whisky Mercenary, Draconological Society, bourbon hogshead) - 070422
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 2008/2021 (51.5%, Asta Morris, refill oloroso, cask #AM113, 240 bottles) - 070422
  • Fettercairn 7 yo 2009/2017 (60.5%, Bdram, Morrison & Makay, bourbon barrel, cask #1119, 270 bottles) - 280717
  • Fettercairn 9 yo 2009/2018  (59.5%, WhiskyPeter, hogshead, 5 bottles) - 270522
  • Fettercairn 12 yo 2009/2021 (53.7%, Liquid Treasures, Winter Edition, refill sherry, 132 bottles) - 070422
 
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