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...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
In 1868 Brown’s son William inherited the distillery and in 1872 completely demolished and rebuilt the site to be larger and more modern. The refurbishments took the distillery’s capacity to 50,000 gallons per year, a huge increase. The distillery continued to...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery was eventually revived, but went through numerous closures, re-openings and transformations throughout the 20th century including a bankruptcy in 1972, a revival as a set of holiday lets in 1982 and a storage site for cheese production. Today, the name...
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...
