Coleburn

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Coleburn
Coleburn Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 59526.jpg
country Scotland
region Speyside
Geographical location 57 ° 34 '53.1 "  N , 3 ° 16' 18.8"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 34 '53.1 "  N , 3 ° 16' 18.8"  W.
Type Paint
status Shut down in 1985; 1992 license revocation
owner Diageo
Founded 1897
founder John Robertson & Son Ltd.
architect Charles Chree Doig
Washstill (s) 2
Spiritstill (s) 2

Coleburn was a whiskey distillery near Longmorn, Morayshire, Scotland . The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists.

history

The distillery was founded in 1897 by John Robertson & Son Ltd. founded, which Charles Chree Doig hired as an architect. In 1913, until it was taken over by Clynelish Distillery Co. Ltd. 1916, closed. In 1925 the distillery went to John Walker & Sons Ltd. and John Risk , de facto to the Distillers Company Limited (DCL), which they handed over to their daughter Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD) in 1930 . In 1968 the malt house was closed. In 1985 the distillery was shut down and the license was revoked in 1992. In the meantime Coleburn was sold to the Colburn Events Company. A hotel and conference complex is to be built in the rooms.

production

The water of the distillery, which belongs to the Speyside region, came from a spring on the distillery site, the cooling water came from the Glen Burn. Distillation took place in two wash stills and two spirit stills .

There are only two original bottlings from the distillery. A "Vintage 1902" from the founding family and a 21-year-old bottling with 59.4% that appeared in the "Rare Malts" series in October 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Misako Udo: The Scottish Whiskey Distilleries . Black & White Publishing, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 1-845-021304 .
  2. ^ Entry in the Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ http://www.whiskyparadise.com/dettaglio-whisky.asp?IDArticolo=5306

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