Single Malt whisky Dun Bheagan collection receives multiple awards

Posted on November 7, 2007
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Dun Bheagan Collection

Ian Macleod Distillers is celebrating a number of awards for its Single Malt Dun Bheagan Collection. The brand has received accolades on both sides of the Atlantic at this year’s US Malt Advocate Awards and UK Whisky Magazine’s Independent Bottlers’ Challenge.

The rare 35 Years Old Dun Bheagan Single Malt Scotch, 1970 Vintage was named one of the Top Ten New Whiskies of 2007 at this year’s Malt Advocate Awards. Selected by Malt Advocate’s editor, John Hansell, at Whisky Fest 2007 in New York, the 35 Years Old Malt was described as “A stunning whisky!”, “complex, vibrant and well-balanced”.

On this side of the ‘pond’, both the Dun Bheagan 8 Years Old Lowland Single Malt and Dun Bheagan 8 Years Old Island Single Malt received Gold Awards in the 2007 Independent Bottlers’ Challenge. Both whiskies are part of the Dun Bheagan 8 Years Old Regional Malt Collection, which offers a fine selection of Scotland’s regional whiskies, capturing the character of Lowland, Speyside, Highland, Island and Islay Single malts. Each cask is matured for a minimum of 8 years in traditional oak casks at its distillery of origin.

Leonard Russell, Managing Director, of Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd. said: “We are delighted that the quality of the Dun Bheagan range has been recognised by both these highly respected Awards.”

The Dun Bheagan collection, owned by, Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd, is a range of single cask and small batch Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. Each rare cask is handpicked by Ian Macleod’s malt team and bottled straight from the cask without chill-filtration to ensure a richer colour and smoother taste.