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Railway
The railway came to Aberlour in 1863. The Great
North of Scotland Railway was building a branch line heading westwards
along the Spey Valley, via Dufftown, towards Grantown-on-Spey.
Suddenly Speyside and its whisky were within a day or two's
journey of almost anywhere in Great Britain, something James Fleming
would take full advantage of when he built the Aberlour Distillery
16 years later.
Sadly, the branch line was closed in the early 1970s,
a substantial section of the trackbed eventually becoming part
of the Speyside Way long-distance footpath. Aberlour Station has
become a tearoom. The main line between Aberdeen and Inverness,
however, is still functioning, with Keith and Elgin the nearest
stations to Aberlour, each some 10 miles away from the distillery.
Range of Aberlour Single Malts
There are many expressions of Aberlour Single Malt, subtle variations on a wonderfully distinctive theme. At the heart of the range are some of our gold medal-winners – Aberlour 10 Year Old, 12 Year Old, 16 Year Old – and the dark, rich, powerful a'bunadh, with its haunting echoes of a 19th-century spirit.
Each of these Aberlour expressions (along with others in the range) has its own recognisable style and character. Evidence, if any were needed, that Aberlour is not only among the finest of single malts, it is also one of the most complex and versatile.
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