Brora (whiskey distillery)
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 1 '29.7 " N , 3 ° 52' 5.3" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1983 |
| owner | Diageo |
| Founded | 1819 |
| founder | Marquis of Stafford, 1st Duke of Sutherland |
| Water source | Clynemilton Burn |
| Washstill (s) | 1 |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 |
| Production volume | 20,000 gallons (1886) |
Brora was a whiskey distillery in Brora , Highland , Scotland . The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists.
The distillery was established in 1819 as the Clynelish distillery for political reasons by George Granville Levison-Gower , the second Marquis of Stafford and later the Duke of Sutherland. The aim was to deprive black markers of the basis of their business in the course of the Highland Clearances in order to induce them to relocate. In the first decades of existence, the history of the distillery is characterized by numerous changes of tenants. It was only George Lawson who ran the distillery for a longer period from 1846. In 1896, the distillery was sold in equal parts to the Blender James Ainslie & Co from Glasgow and John Risk , who also ran the banker distillery in Banknock . In 1925 the company was owned by the Distillers Company Ltd. ( DCL ) and from 1930 belonged to Scottish Malt Distillers ( SMD ). The distillery was closed between 1931 and 1939.
In 1967 the distillery was to be replaced by the newly built Clynelish distillery . Since the production of the heavily peated whiskey required for blending on the island of Islay at that time stagnated due to the weather, the distillery now called Clynelish A and the new company called Clynelish B were initially operated in parallel, with the production of heavily peated whiskey being carried out in Clynelish A. . Later Clynelish A was renamed Brora and Clynelish B was renamed Clynelish . The Brora distillery continued to operate until 1983, a year in which seven other distilleries were closed with Banff , Dallas Dhu , Glen Mhor , Glenlochy , Glenugie , North Port and St. Magdalene .
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1886, it had an annual production capacity of more than 20,000 gallons . There were two stills available, one coarse still ( wash still ) and one fine still ( spirit still ).
In October 2017, owner Diageo announced that it would reopen the Port Ellen and Brora distilleries and start distilling whiskey again from 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 160-161.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on whiskiesofscotland.com
- ↑ Entry on wormtub.com
- ↑ Entry on maltmadness.com