by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Craigellachie distillery was built in 1891 in Banffshire at the very heart of Speyside, between Rothes and Dufftown. Here the distillery is in close proximity to the blissful confluence of rivers Spey and Fiddich. From the whisky distillery, perched high on the rock...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery – which means ‘Sound of Islay’ in Gaelic – had a rocky start, with a few failed attempts at running it by a series of well-intentioned whisky operators. By the 1920s, it had fallen into the hands of DCL, which would later become Diageo. The distillery...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The Bunnahabhain distillery occupies a quiet spot on Islay away from some of the main distilling strips in the south of the island. But its quiet locale is counterposed with huge Victorian warehouses which dot the shoreline, and giant stills inside its stillhouse. The...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Founded by brothers William IV, John and Robert Harvey – who also owned grain distilleries in Glasgow – its main focus was on creating malt for blended Scotch. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, the distillery changed hands numerous times and saw many...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Over its lifetime, the distillery mostly produced whisky for blends, most prominently for the Bell’s brand of blended Scotch. After the launch of Bell’s in 1896, the whisky became such an important part of the blend that Arthur Bell & Son took over in the 1930s...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
After the huge flood, the distillery was rebuilt a few kilometres down the road by John Innes, but only managed to last three years before being plagued by bankruptcy and being taken over once more. The ups and downs continued for Benrinnes, before it was eventually...
