Cardhu

Founded: 1824
Current owner: Diageo
Stills: 3 wash, 3 spirit
Capacity: 2.3 million litres per year
Location: Cardow, Banffshire
Website: www.malts.com

Notable Facts: Cardhu plays a major role in the Johnnie Walker blends but is also rather popular as single malt, especially in Spain.

In 2003, a blended malt called Cardhu was sold as “Pure Malt” This caused a lot of uproar and the bottling was taken from the market. Further use of the term Pure Malt is now prohibited by the SWA regulations.

And The Blind Shall See

May 17, 2012

A summary of the Scotch single malt blind tasting competition

Down With Whisky Regions!

June 13, 2011

Yes, I really mean it!

Diageo’s Classic Malts – Taken Hostage by Johnnie Walker?

January 23, 2011

For a whisky blogger these days there are few things as convenient as joining the Diageo bashing game. But it often gets forgotten that many of their distilleries make a bloody good whisky!