by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery stayed in the Munro family hands – passing through different descendants – until 1850 when it was leased to Robert Pattison, eventually coming into the hands of DCL (Distillers Company Limited) ownership in 1933. DCL eventually turned into Diageo, who...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Tamdhu distillery is a single malt Scotch Speyside whisky distillery, located in the village of Knockando in Banffshire, Scotland. Tamdhu comes from Gaelic for “little dark hill”. The distillery was founded in 1896 by a group of assemblers, wishing to engage in the...
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...
