by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery’s main purpose today is to provide malt whisky for Diageo’s stable of blended whiskies. Its light, fruity characteristic – coming from the long fermentations and specialised purifiers in the stills – have made it a well-loved malt for blending with. Set...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The Springbank distillery was built and licensed in 1828. Founder William Reid owned the distillery for the first nine years of its official existence, but decided to sell up to his in-laws – the Mitchells – in 1837. Unusually, the distillery is today still owned by...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Located on the Cawdor Estate, the distillery was built by Captain William Fraser who – upon returning from a successful period in India – recognised that getting into the whisky industry was an industrious thing for a young man to do. Unfortunately, so did a number...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The peated whisky which Bruichladdich makes is today aged in warehouses on the site of the former Port Charlotte/Lochindaal distillery, two miles down the road from Bruichladdich. The original distillery’s disappearance from the Scottish whisky scene would come as a...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The Macallan was one of the first farm based distilleries in Speyside, created to use up spare barley in the winter months when farming was not taking place. It sits beside the River Spey and its 485 acre estate includes the Easter Elchies house which adorns every...
