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Release Notes
Haig Dimple is a blend with a high malt proportion, with malt whisky from Glenkinchie and Linkwood.
Master of Malt
Known in Europe as "Dimple Haig", or just "Dimple", its taste is smooth and mellow onthe palate, with a delicate hint of smoke.
Binny's
3rd Party Tasting Notes
A mate of mine (Jimmy) and I have this arrangement that whenever we get something new we always invite each other over to have a glass. He recently had a birthday and was gifted a few bottles - a Haig Dimple 15 year old, and Chivas Regal 12 year old and a Bruichladdich 18 year old.
First up was the Haig Dimple 15 year old.
The nose was full of pears, malt notes, oak and a sweet, caramel smokiness. There's just a gentle hint of moss throughout. Unassuming, but genuinely pleasant.
The taste is a light spicy wave, with a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and (thanks to Jimmy for having it in his cupboard to compare) cardamom. Beyond that there is a little oak, moss and a little caramel sweetness. This is genuinely decent, but after a couple of sips the spiciness fades (or more correctly my taste buds become used to it), and I start to notice a distinct lack of depth.
The finish is short and clean, with fading spices, caramel and light butter-scotch.
I've rated this a 7.5, but by the end of the glass, it's more like a 7. It's genuinely pleasant, but once the spice is gone it does become a little boring. Decent drinking malt though.
First up was the Haig Dimple 15 year old.
The nose was full of pears, malt notes, oak and a sweet, caramel smokiness. There's just a gentle hint of moss throughout. Unassuming, but genuinely pleasant.
The taste is a light spicy wave, with a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and (thanks to Jimmy for having it in his cupboard to compare) cardamom. Beyond that there is a little oak, moss and a little caramel sweetness. This is genuinely decent, but after a couple of sips the spiciness fades (or more correctly my taste buds become used to it), and I start to notice a distinct lack of depth.
The finish is short and clean, with fading spices, caramel and light butter-scotch.
I've rated this a 7.5, but by the end of the glass, it's more like a 7. It's genuinely pleasant, but once the spice is gone it does become a little boring. Decent drinking malt though.
Connosr.com
The nose is of medium-body with warming notes of spice and caramel. The palate is medium-bodied and well-balanced with smooth notes of honey and toffee, a little smoke and malted barley with just a hint of oak. The finish is short and there are notes of fudge and oak.
Master of Malt
The Brand: John Haig & Co
| Established: 1655 |
| Silent since: False |
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John Haig"s five sons entered the Kilbagie to learn distilling; four of them went onto establish their own distilleries.
James, the eldest went to Edinburgh and owned the distilleries at Cannonmills then later at Lochrin and Sunbury, his sons continued the latter two distilleries.
The Haig"s continued to farm moving to Newbiggin and then Orchard farm remaining there until the beginning of the nineteenth century. During this period they continued to distil.
In 1751 John Haig, Robert"s great-great Grandson married Margaret Stein whose family had founded successful distilleries at Kilbagie and Kennetpans in Clackmanshire.
The first recording of Haig distilling was in 1655 when Robert Haig was summoned to appear before the Kirk Session for working his still on the Sabbath.
He had established a farm at Throsk Stirlingshire in 1627 and this is taken to be the entry date of the Haig"s into distilling.
The Haig whisky distilling dynasty can rightfully lay claim to be the oldest Scotch whisky distillers having being active distillers for over 300 years.
The younger brother, John was in partnership with James at Lochrin and went onto open the Leith distillery at Bonnington Toll.
Robert went to Ireland and purchased the Dodderbank distillery near to Dublin.
In 1856 John Haig &Co joined in with six other Lowland distillers to form a trade agreement to protect the individual and collective interests of the members. Eventually this trade agreement led to the formation of the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) in 1877 with John Haig and his son Hugh as directors
During 1882 John Haig & Co merged with David Smith & Co and became a limited company with Hugh Haig, John Haig"s Son, as chairman.
John Alicius Haig released the Dimple Deluxe blend in 1888 the distinctive 3 pinch bottle was introduced in 1893 by George Ogilvy Haig in 1893
DCL acquired the entire ordinary share capital of John Haig & Co Ltd in March of 1919 the take over of the Haig dynasty was completed in 1923 with DCL taking control of Haig & Haig Ltd. This company had been set up by Hugh"s brother John Alicius Haig to market whisky in the USA.
The youngest of the brothers William continued the tradition first at Kincaple then from 1810 at Seggie. William had two sons John and Robert.
William"s son Robert continued with Seggie whilst his elder brother John built the Cameron Bridge Distillery in 1824.
Haig Gold blend was first released at some point in 1824
John was ambitious and was quick to see the potential of the Stein Patent stills, invented by his cousin Robert Stein at the Kilbagie distillery. In 1827 Cameron Bridge production was moved entirely over to grain whisky production.
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The Owner: Diageo
| Established: 1997 |
| Silent since: False |
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Diageo also distributes Unicum, its lighter-bodied variant Zwack and Jose Cuervo tequila products in North America. However, Cuervo operates as a separate company in Mexico and is not owned by Diageo. Similarly Grand Marnier is distributed by Diageo in many markets, including exclusively in Canada, and a deal was reached in 2009 to significantly expand this partnership in Europe.
Furthermore, Diageo owns the Gleneagles Hotel.
Diageo was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness plc and Grand Metropolitan plc. The creation was driven by the two executives Anthony Greener and Philip Yea at Guinness plus George Bull and John McGrath of Grand Metropolitan. The product portfolios of Guinness and Grand Met were largely complementary with little overlap.
Diageo is the world"s biggest whisky producer with 28 malt distilleries and two grain distilleries.The company operates the Scotch whisky distilleries of Auchroisk, Benrinnes, Blair Athol (situated at Pitlochry), Caol Ila, Cardhu, Knockando, Glen Elgin, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie, Glen Ord, Lagavulin, Oban, Royal Lochnagar, Strathmill, Talisker, Teaninich, Mannochmore, Mortlach and Glenlossie, which are sold not only under their own name but used to make the various blended scotch whiskies sold by the company, and owns the stock of many closed distilleries such as Port Ellen, Rosebank, Brora, Convalmore, Glen Albyn, North Brechin, Banff, and Linlithgow. The company have opened a new malt distillery adjacent to their maltings at Roseisle (1st new make spirit produced Spring 2009). This will be one of the largest malt distilleries in Scotland. The new building contains 14 traditional copper pot stills. An expansion programme is also underway at its Cameron Bridge Grain Distillery in Fife that will make it the largest grain distillery in Scotland. Diageo also owns the Port Dundas Grain Distillery in Glasgow, and jointly operates the North British Grain Distillery in Gorgie, Edinburgh, with The Edrington Group.
Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has American Depositary Receipts listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The word Diageo was formed from the Latin dia (day) and the Greek geo (World), symbolising the use of the company"s brands every day, everywhere. Its head office is located in the City of Westminster in London. It is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Trivia:
- In December 2003, Diageo provoked controversy over its decision to change its Cardhu brand Scotch whisky from a single malt to a vatted malt (also known as a pure malt) whilst retaining the original name and bottle style. Diageo took this action because it did not have sufficient reserves to meet demand in the Spanish market, where Cardhu had been successful. After a meeting of producers, Diageo agreed to make changes.
- In 2006, the Cardhu brand quietly changed back to being a single malt.
- In July 2009, Diageo announced that, after nearly 200 years of association with the town of Kilmarnock, they would be closing the Johnnie Walker blending and bottling plant as part of restructuring to the business. This would make 700 workers unemployed and caused outrage from press, local people and politicians. A campaign against this decision was launched by the local SNP MSP Willie Coffey and Labour MP Des Browne. A petition was drawn up against the Diageo plans, which also involves the closure of the historic Port Dundas Grain Distillery in Glasgow.
- In February 2009 it was reported in the Guardian that the company had restructured itself so as to avoid paying tax in the U.K., despite much of its profits being generated in the U.K.
- Diageo is engaged in a tax scheme in the United States of America, commonly referred to as the "Rum Bailout", which will guarantee it USD$3 billion in revenues and profits.
- The National Puerto Rican Coalitionplans to run a series of ads in New York City and Puerto Rico urging a boycott of Diageo-owned alcoholic drinks to protest the giant British-owned corporation"s controversial production move of its Captain Morgan rum from Puerto Rico to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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