by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery was not very well taken care of at the start of the 20th century and eventually shut its doors, only reopening in 1924 when Macdonald & Muir – owners of The Glenmorangie – took over, and released it as a single malt, a highly unusual thing for the...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery went through many changes of ownership over the intervening 220 years, and is still active now, owned by Morrison Bowmore Distillers which is a part of the Beam Suntory group. The current capacity is around one million litres of spirit per annum. The...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Glen Elgin was the last distillery built in Speyside during the whisky boom of the 1890s, which meant it faced a challenging start, being mothballed twice in its first five years of operation. It was only when it became a part of Scottish Malt Distillers in 1930 that...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Matheson sold the distillery to three brothers of the Mackenzie family. With them came their family crest, a 12 pointed Royal stag, which adorns each of the company’s whisky releases. This crest dates back to 1263 when Colin of Kintail, the chief of Clan Mackenzie,...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
After Mackenzie died in 1865, his wife leased the distillery to local banker James Fleming, before her son Thomas took over once more in 1879 alongside Fleming. The distillery went through many owners over the years, and survived a major fire in 1917, eventually...
