Convalmore
| Convalmore | |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 27 '42.3 " N , 3 ° 7' 58.4" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | dismantled (closed in 1985) |
| owner | William Grant & Sons |
| Founded | June 2, 1893 |
| founder | Convalmore-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. |
| architect | Donald Mackay |
| Water source | Springs in the Conval Hills |
| Washstill (s) | 2 |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 |
Convalmore was a whiskey distillery in Dufftown , Banffshire , Scotland , UK .
history
The distillery was founded on June 2, 1893 by a group of Glasgow businessmen and opened in 1894. The distillery was sold to WP Lowrie & Co Ltd. in 1904 . sold by James Buchanan & Co Ltd. as early as 1906 . were taken over. On October 29, 1909, large parts of the distillery were destroyed by fire; After the reconstruction, a Coffey was quietly installed in 1910 with a capacity of 2273 liters per hour, but it was removed again in 1915. Ten years later, in 1925, the distillery was acquired by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and handed over to their daughter Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD) in 1930 . In 1964, two more were installed in addition to the original two stills . The distillery has been closed since 1985. United Destillers (UD), the successor to DCL, sold the now empty plant in 1990 to William Grant & Sons, which they now use as warehouses for Glenfiddich .
production
The water at the Speyside distillery came from springs in the Conval Hills. It had two wash and two spirit still s. With the exception of a 24-year-old bottling from 1978 with 59.4% ABV that was released by Diageo in 2003 in the Rare Malts series, a 28-year-old bottling from 1977 with 57.9% ABV that was released in 2005, limited to 3900 bottles, and a 36 year old 1977 bottling from 2013 limited to 2680 bottles, no owner bottlings from this distillery.
address
- Dufftown, Banffshire AB55 4BD