Bennachie (whiskey distillery)
| Bennachie | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1915 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1824 |
| Water source | Jordan |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 1400 gallons (1886) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 706 gallons (1886) |
| Production volume | 25,000 gallons (1886) |
Bennachie , sometimes called Benachie , was a whiskey distillery near Insch , Aberdeenshire , Scotland .
The distillery was founded in 1824 by a pious farmer near the village of Insch as the Jericho Distillery and, over the years, was named after the nearby mountain Bennachie in the course of changes of ownership . Water from the Jordan stream , a tributary of the Urie that flows directly along the distillery's buildings, was used for mashing . Over the years the company changed hands several times. When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery as part of his whiskey trip in 1886, it had a coarse still ( wash still ) and a fine still ( spirit still ) and produced around 25,000 gallons of whiskey annually . At that time the company was expanded by the then owners, Callander & Graham, and its production capacity should be roughly doubled. In 1915 the distillery was closed. Several attempts to reopen the distillery failed. The name rights are currently held by United Brands , which is selling a blend of this name, which, however, has nothing to do with the historic distillery.
literature
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-15868-3
Individual evidence
- ^ A b A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 243-244.
- ↑ Introduction on wormtub.com
- ↑ Presentation on lostdistillery.com