Banff (whiskey distillery)
| Banff / Inverboyndie | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 40 '2.1 " N , 2 ° 33' 33.9" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Demolished in 1985 (closed May 31, 1983) |
| owner | Distillers Company Limited (DCL) |
| Founded | 1863 |
| founder | James simpson jr. |
| Water source | Boyne Burn |
| Washstill (s) | 1 |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 |
| Production volume | 900,000 l |
Banff was a whiskey distillery in Inverboyndie near Banff , Banffshire, Scotland , UK .
history
James McKilligan opened the predecessor of the distillery in 1824 under the name Mill of Banff near Colleonard Farm. When he died in 1837, Alex Mackay took over the distillery. In 1852 it went to James Simpson and his son James Jr.
In 1863 James Simpson Jr. built the new Inverboyndie distillery a few kilometers away, whereupon the old distillery was shut down. The main building burned down on May 9, 1877, but production could already be resumed in October, as the fire had neither affected the warehouses nor the malt house. Since then, the distillery has had its own syringe trolley, the first in the region. In March 1932, Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) the distillery. The distillery was badly damaged in an air raid by a German Junkers Ju 88 on August 16, 1941. Burning whiskey flowed from the totally destroyed warehouse 12 onto the street and the neighboring fields. Cows grazing there drank the unburned whiskey so that the farmers could not milk them the next day because the cows could not stand up again. In the surrounding ditches and ponds, some geese and ducks died of alcohol poisoning. Until the end of the Second World War , the distillery served as accommodation for soldiers, after which production started again. On October 3, 1959, the boiler maker Norman Forbesd caused an explosion while soldering, which destroyed large parts of the distillery. The distillery closed on May 31, 1983, dismantling began in 1985 and the last building was destroyed by fire on April 11, 1991.
production
The water of the Speyside distillery came from the Boyne Burn at the Fiskaidly springs. The last was still in a wash and still distilled in a spirit (until 1924 was triple distilled at Banff).