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...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery is still active and is now owned by Pernod Ricard. The current capacity is approximately 4.5 million litres of spirit per annum, with nearly all of the production going into blended whiskies.There was one official release of a 15-year old distillery own...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
This distillery nearly can’t get off the ground – a financial crisis in the summer of 1878 meant they could no longer secure the financing for their dream. However, the reverend of the local United Presbyterian Church in the nearby village of Archiestown...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery is now owned by Pernod Ricard and is one of the most modern in Scotland after numerous refurbishments and expansions which cost more than £10 million. The current capacity is approximately 10.5 million litres of spirit per annum and it is one of the...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery is one of the few remaining family owned operations in Scotland, with the firm passing through six generations of the Grant family who have owned it since 1865. The current capacity is around three million litres of spirit per annum and its water source...
