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Glen Moray
has named Dr Kirstie McCallum as their
Head of Whisky Creation, Kirstie joins
the Speyside distillery from her role as
Senior Blender for the Bunnahabhain,
Deanston, Tobermory and Ledaig single
malt whisky brands.
The Glen Moray Distillery announced
this week that they have appointed Dr
Kirstie McCallum as its new Head of
Whisky Creation. This is a newly-created
role with McCallum taking on
responsibility for whisky creation and
stocks.
Kirstie will be responsible for
continuing and developing the legacy of
Glen Moray Single Malt, as well as other
whiskies in the parent company La
Martiniquaise-Bardinet’s portfolio,
including world-famous Scotch whisky
blends Cutty Sark, Label 5 and Sir
Edward’s.
Kirstie comes to Glen Moray from Distell
International where she was Senior
Blender for three years, having worked
in the business for over 12 years and
was responsible for single malts
Bunnahabhain, Deanston and Tobermory as
well as the company's blended whiskies.
She has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry
from Glasgow Caledonian Distillery.
I am sure those of you familiar with
what Kirstie has done for Bunnahabhain,
Deanston and Tobermory (including
Ledaig) during her time as senior
blender for the brands will be hoping
she can bring her creative whisky
blending talents to the Glen Moray
distillery and hopefully we will see
some interesting good quality whiskies
from Glen Moray in the near future which
are still affordable to dram and I am
sure we will given the quality of the
spirit they produce at the Glen Moray
distillery which Kirstie will have to
work with. Some 46% ABV, non
chill-filtered, naturally coloured
offerings will be very welcome.
As I am sure you know Kirstie has taken
over from Graham Coull who was Master
Distiller at Glen Moray for 14 years and
recently moved to start a new position
as master distiller of Dingle distillery
in Ireland. During his time at Glen
Moray Coull oversaw the expansion of the
distillery and developed several
award-winning cask expressions which
have become part of Glen Moray’s range
of signature malts.
Glen Turner General Manager, Ian
McLaren, says, "We are very much looking
forward to this next chapter in the long
history of Glen Moray and look forward
to learning from Kirstie’s extensive
knowledge and experience across a wide
spectrum of the industry."
Kirstie commented, "I am really excited
about the opportunities this role will
offer, working with world renowned
brands such as Glen Moray, Label 5 and
Cutty Sark and Sir Edward’s. There is a
great opportunity to experiment with new
cask types and to develop new
expressions, using the expansive
knowledge of other wine and spirit
experts within the La Martiniquaise-Bardinet
group."
You will also find current Glen Moray whisky range including the
recently launched
excellent
Glen Moray 21 Year Old Portwood Finish available from specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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