A.D. Rattray Ltd.
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The company AD Rattray is a whiskey trader and independent bottler with an impressively long tradition. As early as 1868, Andrew Dewar Rattray became self-employed in Glasgow as a grocer for food, wine, tea, and spirits. The company soon became the representative of many Highland distilleries, bottling malt whiskeys on their behalf or selling their barrels to the Blending Houses in and around Glasgow.
Almost 150 years later, the fourth generation of the company is in the hands of the founding family - and today offers more than "just" the whiskey itself: In the "Whiskey Experience" founded in 2011 at the headquarters in Kirkoswald, you can learn and experience how whiskey is made becomes. In the "Cask Room", the "Sample Room" and the "Tasting Room" you will learn everything about the production, evaluation and bottling of Scotch Single Malt Whiskey. And best of all: the entrance is free. Visit highly recommended.
Which whiskey do they make?
From AD Rattray come several single malts and a blended whiskey. The blend, bottled at 5 years and 43%, is marketed under the name Bank Note and has a comparatively high Malt content of more than 40%.
The single malts from Rattray are for the most part offered in the Cask Collection series. Here you can rely on the pure substance: Interesting single cask bottlings in Cask Strength, without cooling filtration.
In addition, Rattray offers under the name Cask Islay an Islay single malt of unnamed origin and brings out with the Stronachie a special malt whiskey, which is to remember the long-gone distillery of the same name.
speciality of the House
A special feature in the portfolio of AD Rattray is the single malt called Stronachie. Stronachie was originally a distillery in the Southern Highlands, founded in 1890, but closed again in 1928 and later demolished.
The company AD Rattray was traditionally closely linked to the distillery as a trading partner. In the early 2000s, it was therefore decided to keep the memory and to revive the name Stronachie. For this purpose, one of only four existing original bottles worldwide was purchased at an auction, a bottling of 1904. This bottle was taken from a sample and then went in search of a malt whiskey that comes as close as possible to the Stronachie character. After long searches and comparisons, one finally found something at the Benrinnes Distillery.
Today AD Rattray fills under the name Stronachie a 10 and an 18 year old Benrinnes Malt, which pays tribute to the old style of this "Lost Distillery".
Facts & figures about AD Rattray
Founded: 1868 by Andrew Dewar Rattray
Owner: Tim Morrison (great-great-grandson of the founder)
Address: 32 Main Road, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire KA19 8HY, Scotland
Phone: +44 (0) 1655 760308
Website: www.adrattray.com
Content: 0.7 Liter (€51.41* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€49.99* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€59.29* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€42.84* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.04 Liter (€149.75* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.04 Liter (€149.75* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€79.27* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.04 Liter (€149.75* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€100.00* / 1 Liter)
Content: 0.7 Liter (€171.41* / 1 Liter)
Welchen Whisky machen die da?
Von A.D. Rattray kommen verschiedene Single Malts sowie ein Blended Whisky. Der Blend, abgefüllt mit 5 Jahren und 43%, wird unter dem Namen Bank Note vermarktet und hat einen vergleichsweise hohen Malt-Anteil von gut 40%.
Die Single Malts aus dem Hause Rattray werden zum großen Teil in der Cask Collection-Reihe angeboten. Hier setzt man auf den puren Stoff: Interessante Einzelfassabfüllungen in Cask Strength, ohne Kühlfiltrierung.
Außerdem bietet Rattray unter dem Namen Cask Islay einen Islay Single Malt ungenannter Herkunft an und bringt mit dem Stronachie einen speziellen Malt Whisky heraus, der an die längst untergegangene Destillerie gleichen Namens erinnern soll.
Spezialität des Hauses
Eine Besonderheit im Portfolio von A.D. Rattray ist der Single Malt namens Stronachie. Stronachie war ursprünglich eine Destillerie in den südlichen Highlands, die um 1890 gegründet, schon 1928 aber wieder geschlossen und später abgerissen wurde.
Die Firma A.D. Rattray war der Brennerei als Handelspartner traditionell eng verbunden. Anfang der 2000er beschloss man daher, das Andenken zu bewahren und den Namen Stronachie wieder aufleben zu lassen. Hierzu erwarb man auf einer Auktion eine von weltweit nur noch vier existierenden Originalflaschen, eine Abfüllung von 1904. Dieser Flasche entnahm man eine Probe und machte sich dann auf die Suche nach einem Malt Whisky, der dem Stronachie-Charakter möglichst nahe kommt. Nach langen Suchen und Vergleichen wurde man schließlich bei der Benrinnes Distillery fündig.
Heute füllt A.D. Rattray unter dem Namen Stronachie einen 10 und einen 18 Jahre alten Benrinnes Malt ab, der dem alten Stil dieser „Lost Distillery“ Tribut zollt.
Zahlen & Fakten zu A.D. Rattray
Gegründet: 1868 von Andrew Dewar Rattray
Eigentümer: Tim Morrison (Ur-Urenkel des Gründers)
Adresse: 32 Main Road, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire KA19 8HY, Scotland
Telefon: +44 (0)1655 760308
Website: www.adrattray.com