The Glen Keith distillery was built in 1957-1960 on the site of a corn mill by Chivas Brothers, who also owned the nearby Strathisla distillery. After being mothballed in 1999, the Glen Keith distillery was reopened in 2013. The new distillery’s production capacity has almost doubled to 6,000,000 litres of pure alcohol per year. Read more...
Glenlossie is an outstanding distillery for many reasons, but the malt whisky it produces is fairly own minded. Glenlossie actually houses two separate distilleries; in 1971 the Mannochmore distillery was constructed next to Glenlossie. The Glenlossie distillery itself may not seem like a very large plant, but the Glenlossie Bonds are fairly massive. Some 200,000 casks are stored there – Read more...
The distillery produced its first single malt in 1978.[3] The single malt was rebranded as The Singleton in 1986, as the name Auchroisk was perceived as too difficult for consumers outside of Scotland. The name changed back to Auchroisk in 2001, when a bottleing was released under the name Auchroisk 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna’ in the Diageo Flora Read more...
he Craigellachie distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Aberlour, Banffshire near the village of Craigellachie at the centre of the Speyside whisky producing area of Scotland. The name Craigellachie means ‘rocky hill’ and refers to the cliff that overlooks the Spey across from The Macallan distillery. Bacardi operates the distillery through its subsidiary Dewar & Sons. Dewar Read more...
The Convalmore distillery was located in the heart of Speyside, between the Glenfiddich & Craigellachie distilleries. It was founded in 1893 or 1894 by the Convalmore-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. The Distillery closed in 1985. The ownership of the old distillery buildings and the surrounding site transferred from United Distillers to William Grant & Sons in 1990. Apparently they had no Read more...
Coleburn was founded in 1896, by blenders John Robertson & Son Ltd and located just four miles to the south of Elgin. The source of the name of the distillery was ‘charcoal burn’ – because the area used to be a centre of charcoal production in the past. The Distillery closed in 1985. Today the distillery is owned by United Read more...
Dailuaine (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Uaine) is a single malt whisky distillery in Charlestown-of-Aberlour, Strathspey, Scotland. The Distillery was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie. When he died in 1865 his widow leased the distillery to James Fleming, a banker from Aberlour. Together with William Mackenzie’s son he founded Mackenzie and Company. 1987 Dailuaine was taken over by United Distillers (UD). Read more...
The Dufftown single malt distillery is tucked away between the dense leaves of the Spey Valley. Founded in 1895 as ‘Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery’, the distillery is currently owned by Diageo. Over the years, the town of Dufftown has been home to six distilleries. This high concentration of production has caused conflict, particularly when it comes to water sources. Only 3% of Read more...