by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Benriach Distillery was set up at a bad time for founder Duff – only a year after opening, the famous Pattison Crash forced it and many other Scottish distilleries to close when it was discovered that the Pattison brothers had been running one of their early...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Ben Nevis distillery is a whisky distillery in Fort William, Scotland. It is situated at the base of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, which rises to 1,345 m (4,413 ft) above sea level. A coastal distillery in the Western Highlands, the distillery...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
Auchroisk Distillery was built and founded in order to increase malt production to go into the increasingly popular J&B blended whisky, which had found a strong following in the US selling over three million cases in the early 1970s. The location was chosen due to...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery has been operating since 1898, after two years of building works brought it into production, and is the only distillery to have been built by the Dewar family. The brothers chose its location because the land was only a few miles from the birthplace of...
by agnestse | Jul 31, 2024 | Distillery
The distillery is still active and is now owned by LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), which also owns Glenmorangie distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. The current capacity is just over one mil-lion litres per annum and its water source is Loch Uigeadail, after...
by agnestse | Jul 25, 2024 | Distillery
With sweeping valleys and famed golden eagles – the brand’s emblem – swooping overhead, the quiet location seems an unlikely place for a large workhorse of a distillery to be located. But it was the access to good water sources from the springs on the nearby Knockandy...
