The distillery was built in 1871 to replace tochineal distillery but liquidated in 1903. Your guide will provide an indepth look into our historical processes from grains. The historical roots of distilleries around the world are somewhat muddied, but these 10 sites are generally thought to be some of the oldest distilleries in the world. Inchgower history built in 1871 by alexander wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save. Inchgower whisky buy inchgower whiskies online master of malt. Diageo special releases 2018 first look the whisky. In 1985, guinness acquired the distillery, and following the merger with grand metropolitan, inchgower is currently under the watchful eye of diageo. Sat by the sea, inchgower is another of diageos workhorses, quietly producing a nutty and briny spirit that is a key part of bells. A history of the upstarts and outlaws who made american spirits is a book written by colin spoelman and david haskell who are the founders of. Whisky historical archive references publications used as references in whisky industry book. Europe, north america, central america, south america. In some parts of scotland, whiskymaking has a tradition that runs uninterrupted for several centuries. Full of photos of distilleries old and new, and with a wealth of new information on distillery, this is the story of the processes involved in the manufacture of scotlands biggest single export.
No really, there are so many interesting stories and technical specs that im, for once, at a loss. Sep 27, 2016 a new 12yearold whisky from one of scotlands few independent distilleries. Do you have any additional information, or are we missing a whisky or a link. Inchgower distillery scotland the drinking mans guide. The distillery is hidden in the glen and its secluded location may have contributed to its early history as the site of several illicit bothy stills. Jun 05, 2018 we believe we have found the perfect place for our new distillery at craggan. In response to the spread of the coronavirus we have made the decision to temporarily suspend all visitation to knockdhu distillery as of monday 16th march until further notice. Inchgower history built in 1871 by alexander wilson, this is one of the few distilleries to have been owned by the local town council which stepped in to save the plant in 1936 when the wilson family went bankrupt. The third such book in the series, they also released books for their 50th and 75th anniversaries. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Our 10 favorite gift books for whiskey lovers the daily beast. The inchgower distillery originally known as tochieneal, the distillery was built near cullen, by local factor, alexander wilson.
By entering the site, you agree to the terms and conditions and privacy policy. Knockando distillery was one of the distilleries founded during whisky boom period. Instead, the history came first, and the whiskey is being built around it. From the germination of the barley to the flow of the purest middle cuts of distilled spirit, every step of the carefully attended whisky process contributes to glenglassaughs distinctive character. Detailed information about the invergordon distillery. The inchgower distillery lies in banffshire not far from the mouth of the river spey and just on the outskirts of the fishing town, buckie. Inchgower starts life as tochieneal, a distillery built near cullen by local factor, alexander wilson. It is at lochy bridge in fort william and sits just at the base of ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles, which rises to 1,345 m 4,4 ft above sea level. Inchgower distillery scotland the drinking mans guide to. The majority of the book is concerning each kentucky countys distilleries that either once existed, or that are still running to this day.
Get a taste of how the whisky you love today came to be, with this brief inchgower timeline. Auchentoshan distillery is located just outside of glasgow, directly on the banks of the clyde river, as it spills into the firth of clyde just about as industrial and lowlander as you can get. Enter to purchase tour tickets for the strathisla distillery. Since 1826 the pulteney distillery has crafted a single malt scotch whisky that is the very essence of its remarkable location. Join us for a visit through the distillery, seeing first hand the traditional methods that have been in use for nearly 200 years.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Arthur kinmond 18681942 was appointed to manage the. It was then sold to arthur bell and sons in 1938, since which time its nearly two million litresyear output has been a main ingredient for the bells blend. Customize your distillery print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired. Bottled for the first cask series, this is bottle number 498 from cask 14147. Whisky distillery tour things to do in aberdeenshire. The distillery was of considerable size for its day and ran as a successful commercial enterprise for several decades, being handed down through several generations of the smith family. It was founded in 1871 by alexander wilson, the nephew of the founder of the tochineal distillery, john wilson. Inchgower speyside single malt scotch whisky distillery. White mule press, niche books for lovers of spirits.
The glen grant distillery was founded at rothes by james and john grant. Its a stunning location with strong transport links and can accommodate the distillery, warehousing and a visitor experience. Inchgower whisky buy inchgower whiskies online master. Knockando distillery was founded in moray, taking the name from the village knockando, which means little black hill in gaelic. People and places dont just shape a single malt scotch whiskys flavour. Inchgower 24 year old 1980 first cask auction whisky. Inchgower distillery, buckie, banffshire, ab56 5ab tel. Inchgower 33 years 1982 auld distillers collection. At glenglassaugh distillery we produce our whisky using the highest quality of scottish barley and our traditional distilling methods. Buy the whisky distilleries of the united kingdom special by barnard, alfred isbn. Inchgower distillery is a whisky distillery producing a single malt of the same name located on the outskirts of buckie, moray, scotland the distillery was built in 1871 to replace tochineal distillery but liquidated in 1903. Moved and renamed, rescued and preserved, inchgower became more than just a distillery for its founders and his loyal workers.
Invergordon distillery the distilleries of scotland. At one point active lowland distilleries were down to 2 there has been a revival from that low, but the list of closed distilleries outnumbers active ones even limiting the list of closed distilleries to those closed recently enough for there still to be whisky available from them though usually at a price. The spicy character is driven initially by a hotter than usual second water during the quick mashing regime which cuts back any overt nuttiness. The glenturret distillery is located on the banks of the turret river two miles north west of crieff in perthshire, scotland. Inchgower distillery speyside single malt scotch whisky. All the relevant details on every distillery in new england. From small scale producers who handcraft whisky using traditional methods to some of the most famous distilleries in the world, speyside is the perfect place to learn all you need to know about the art of whisky creation. The distillery was then bought by the buckie town council, mainly to keep the workers jobs safe. Join us on a daily tour through the woodford reserve distillery and explore the history of bourbon, our five sources of flavor, and our historic barrelhouse. Fermentation is short and the steeply angled lyne arms on the stills help to capture weightier elements. The architecture was done by the famous charles doig. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Surprisingly, there are very few confirmed sources of historical information about this famous distillery. Glendronach us visitor centre glendronach distillery.
Bells two sons joined the business in partnership in 1895. Youll find the inchgower distillery situated near the mouth of the river spey, proximate to the fishing village of buckie and cullen. Bourbon whiskey history, timeline and important events. This tour concludes with the opportunity to sample 2 of our whiskies. Uncle nearest 1856 is a storied brand, but not what you might be thinking. Mar 16, 2015 glenturret is best known to scotch drinkers worldwide as the spiritual home of the very popular famous grouse blended whisky. New book celebrates islay distilleries the drinks business. Ben nevis distillery is a distillery in scotland that distills ben nevis 10 years old and ben nevis 21 years old whisky. The story of uncle nearest 1856 whiskey breaking bourbon. From the standpoint of history, were happy to see the name of nathan nearest green amplified and his story told. A detailed history of the north british distillery company ltd. Some sources claim the first time highland park distillery itself formally obtained a licence was in 1826, following changes in legislation three years earlier, but sometimes folklore is just more fun than cold, hard history.
It was an idea a reaction to increasing land prices, and a commitment to single malt scotch whisky and one of the only distilleries to inspire a poem. Wolfburn distillery was founded just to the west of the town of thurso, caithness, in 1821 by william smith. Jul 21, 2016 macallan is currently building a gigantic new distillery adjacent to the original, with the capacity to distill 16 million lpa per annum an increase of 5mlpa on current capacity, while pernod ricard has obtained planning permission to build two new distilleries beside the current the glenlivet distillery which itself was expanded by 75% to. As suggested above, a tour of highland park distillery is an essential part of any visit to orkney. Make the whiskey drinkers in your life happy by giving them these books. Arthur bell was the first known whisky manufacturer to appoint a london agent, by at least 1863. Speyside region scotch malt whisky distillery history and. Please send us the information, and we will update the database. The ultimate guide to new englands 61 distilleries. It is in his adventurous spirit that benriach creatively explores the art of distillation and cask maturation, pushing the boundaries of malt alchemy like no other. Campbeltown distillery glengyle defies the current trend with its. Inextricably intertwined, america shaped bourbon and bourbon shaped america.
Inchgower has a history of being a fairly selfsufficient distillery. A history of the upstarts and outlaws who made american spirits is a book written by colin spoelman and david haskell who are the founders of kings county distillery which is new york citys oldest and largest whiskey distillery. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. Hrh even signed the visitors book and wrote i hope you. Read about the history of the old pulteney whisky distillery in wick, scotland which was founded in 1826 by james henderson. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The first priority at ardnahoe is to get the quality of the newmake spirit. A lovely old 1980s distillery bottling of inchgower from the house of bells according to the label. The bells distillery was founded in 1798 in 1851, arthur bell 18251900 began to blend various single malts together to create a more consistent blended whisky. Why not follow the renowned malt whisky trail and visit some of the. Associated with the distillery is a range of onestorey and attic houses with dormer windows. Owner peter brown was the factor manager of the linkwood estate and wisely kept his nose clean until the 1823 excise act was on the stature book. It did not come along, however, until after the distillery changed ownership in 1990, thus making it over two centuries where this distillery was involved in other expressions.
Pulteney distillery, wick whisky distilleries visitscotland. The jack daniel distillery is officially established, making it the very first registered distillery within the us, with jack as the master distiller. The distillery was founded by james buchanan and w. History of whisky how to drink whisky cooking with whisky. Jul 06, 2009 buy scotlands malt whisky distilleries revised ed. Distillery founder, john duff, travelled home and abroad in pursuit of whisky adventures, before building the benriach distillery in 1898. The story is cast with immigrants, industrialists, farmers, and hustlers, and set in fields, factories, boardrooms, and back rooms. Spirits and wine writer noah rothbaum felt that it was time that american whiskey labels had their day in the spotlight.
Loch ewe is unique for having the smallest commercial stills of any legal distillery in scotland. They also included inchgower scotch whisky as a component in the popular bells blend, the vast majority of whisky produced at the distillery, as much as 99%, is used as a blending component. Some experimenting is to be expected as well, with different types of casks or by using different ppm levels for the barley. The cairngorms are a beautiful part of the world and we aim to design a distillery which will be in keeping with this wonderful landscape. Our expertise and craftmanship have made us what we are today. Speyside single malt scotch whisky distillery including linkwood, macallan, speyburn straithisla, straithmill, tamdhu, tamnavulin, history and tasting notes. Stitzel distillery becomes significant in bourbon whiskeys history. Dec 07, 2017 islays ninth distillery will distill a classic peated style of islay malt. See how our spirits are made, learn the history behind toms town and sample our awardwinning spirits. A mediumsized distillery, recently extended by the construction of large bonded stores. At the time of our establishment in 1894, we were considered the perfect embodiment of a modern distillery.
In the very far north of scotland, by wicks historic harbour, the quietly maturing spirit lies in handselected oak casks, slowly capturing the unique character of this stunning landscape with its long seafaring history. Jun 01, 1996 forget the guidebooks, forget the history books. The ultimate guide to new englands 61 distilleries thrillist. The opening of his nowfamous distillery would follow shortly thereafter, right next to jack daniels prime resource. W inchgower distillery is a whisky distillery producing a single malt of the same name located on the outskirts of buckie, moray, scotland. Dont think its the smallest distillery any more but it definitely is up there as one of the cleanest. The distillery used to use its own floor maltings, but nowadays it sources its malt from a diageoowned malting facility in burghead, 20 miles to the west of buckie.
Jun 22, 2015 i was fortunate enough to be invited up to the girvan distillery in may 2015, this is the first half of my write up from the trip. The distillery was founded in 1898, by john thompson. The glentauchers distillery is located at just a few miles from keith, on the road to craigellachie, in speyside. Scotland in six kennetpans distillery travels with a kilt. This inchgower was distilled on 10th december 1980 and bottled at 24 years old after maturation in a single cask. Notice of temporary suspension of distillery tours. It was founded through a loophole in scottish law, which was closed immediately after loch ewe was granted a license. The word whisky is a shortened form of the gaelic words uisge beatha, or water of life. Besides acknowledging nearests role in their brands history, jack daniels took out several ads before the uncle nearest distillery launch and released this statement. Inchgower was built in speyside in 1871 after the distiller alexander wilson was forced out of the nearby tochineal distillery his uncle had built 40 years previously when the landlord doubled the rent.
But it certainly contains some interesting titles, and hopefully a few books and writers that you might not have heard of. The glenkinchie distillery in east lothian founded by farmer j. On the rapid rise of new scottish distilleries the whiskey wash. Highland park distillery feature page on undiscovered scotland. Find distillery stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Shop for distillery art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Inchgower whisky distillery history inchgower distillery was constructed as a replacement for the tochineal distillery 1824 near cullen, which had been closed due to a shortage of water. History the distillery was built in 1871 to replace tochineal distillery but liquidated in 1903. Linkwood history located on the outskirts of elgin though now within its evergrowing suburbs linkwood was established in 1821, but only started production in 1824. Lets examine some of the producers that have a history stretching back for centuries. New scottish distillery in the works for craggan the.
W glen garioch distillery pronounced geery in the doric dialect of aberdeen is one of the oldest whisky distilleries in scotland, dating back to 1797. And if there are any whisky books youd recommend as essential reading, then id love to know about them. The site even housed its own cooperage, which was pretty unique. He gives a written account of each distillery from the approach by sea or foot, through to production capacities and interesting little facts. The famed carry nation almost six feet tall and around 175 pounds was a member of the womens christian temperance union, and her antics were recorded by oscar getz in his book, whiskeyan american pictorial history. In whiskey burn, the distilleries of ireland by vespa, ben sets out again on another 1,600km trip from. For anyone interested in the history of bourbon, this is the book for you. Inchgower distillery located in banffshire are a distillery, contact them for further details. It remained in their control until 1936, when they went bankrupt.
The older stores are onestorey rubble buildings, and there is a block of maltings with two pyramidalroofed kilns. In this case its not about taking a few pieces from the history books and inserting them into the brands marketing. Asiapacific, central asia, middle east, africa, centraleast europe, west. Buchanan did not know how to distill or blend the whisky, however by 1908, he became very successful with buchanan blends. Alexander wilson, the nephew of john wilson the founder of tochineal distillery, built inchgower distillery in 1871 at rathven one and a half miles east of. Please ensure that you undertake close up viewinginspection prior to placing any bid. Accommodation, eating and drinking facilities are not included in the distilleries pages, but links to nearby places pages provide this information. Bourbon was born on the american frontier and came of age on madison avenueand everything about its history reflects the nation that invented it. The story is one of politics, taxation, social history, location, supply and demand, and sheer perseverance on the part of some. Some basic facts about the distillery are given together with some trivia, which may include history. A first appearance for the distillery in the special releases, a feat that is becoming increasingly rare as the years go by there have been 38 distilleries so far and diageo only have 27 open at the moment. His nephew confusingly called uncle sandy built a thriving business, but was forced to suspend operations in 1870, when a doubling of the rent made the small premises uneconomic to operate. Edradour distillery pitlochry 2020 all you need to know.
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