by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery, whose name means ‘broad hollow by the bay’ is still active and is now owned by Beam Suntory. The current capacity is 3.4 million litres of heavily peated spirit per annum made on seven stills, and the distillery is one of the few left in Scotland to...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The Knockdhu distillery is a whisky distillery in Knock, Banffshire owned by Inver House Distillers Limited. The distillery was founded in 1893 by John Morrison, who bought the land from the Duke of Fife to produce whisky for Haig’s after several springs on the...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery is today owned by Whyte & Mackay. The current capacity is 2.2 million litres of spirit per annum and it boasts a number of single malt releases alongside producing malt for the Whyte & Mackay blends. The distillery is a key employer on the...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery operations began in 1961 and expansions throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s to take it to having three Coffey stills, helped it reach its current capacity of approximately 40 million litres of spirit per annum. Today it is still active today as a...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery’s exact history is a bit of a folklore mystery, with many debates about its original date of founding, although the bottles all state 1798 in reference to when distilling is ‘officially’ began to take place. Its name originates from the location in the...
