In 1972, William Lawson Distillers acquired the distillery and eight years later they, in turn, were acquired by Martini Rossi. During William Lawson’s tenure, they established Macduff as a component of the William Lawson blend, a very popular Scotch whisky which sells in excess of fifteen million bottles yearly. Indeed, Macduff whisky has long since been used as a blending product. Despite this, Macduff is still bottled as a single malt, though sometimes under the name Glen Deveron.

John Dewar & Sons has now launched The Deveron single malt whisky range which is the fifth and final Dewar's owned single malt to join their Macduff distillery, located on the far Eastern region of Speyside, was designed by distillery architect William Delmé-Evans, who had a forward-thinking “concern for energy efficiency and conservation” in his plans. Macduff began distilling whisky in 1960 (but for some reason a couple of books I’ve read state 1962). At some point Diageo’s predecessor, DCL, had already bagged the Macduff trademark, which led to the development of Glendeveron or Glen Deveron. Though originally the Macduff spirit was destined for blends, the Glen Deveron range – which was later under the ownership of William Lawson Distillers (who were in turn owned by Bacardi) – proved to be popular as single malts in Italy and France. (Due to corporate acquisitions and mergers in the late 1990s, Bacardi had replaced the Lawson name – and in 1995 Macduff became part of Dewar’s.)In 1992, Martini & Rossi were acquired by the Bacardi Corporation. Bacardi put their subsidiary John Dewar & Sons in charge of the Macduff distillery. [4] The distillery uses a combination of sherry and ex-bourbon casks for its Deveron malts, and bottles at the watery anemic abhorrent standard minimum strength of 40% ABV. There’s no Deveron distillery. That’s the first thing you should know. There is a River Deveron, however, which is where the new whisky gets its name. Instead this new range, part of the Last Great Malt range, hails from Macduff distillery. To confuse matters even more, we should note that this The Deveron is not Glen Deveron whisky, either, although both originate from Macduff. And nor does any of this have anything to do with whisky blenders Macduff MacDuff International Limited(!) which is named after Stuart MacDuff. Nothing in the Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct by us.

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Not until now have we had a range of original distillery bottlings to explore, The Deveron core range has been launched with 3 expressions which will Nose: Vanilla. Blanched almonds (or marzipan), rosewater, nougat, and a faint cherry compote. Red delicious apple skins. The aroma is quite shy – the above all has to be coaxed out of the glass. A rest in the glass does not seem to alter anything. The distillation process and its unconventional condensers are arranged for a light, fruity spirit and only Spanish sherry and American ex-bourbon oak casks, mainly hogsheads, are used for maturing The Deveron single malt. The specially selected casks impart depth to the delicate spirit, granting it a more rounded and smoother character. The result is a smooth, easy drinking dram with apple notes, dried fruits and nuts.