Craigellachie (whiskey distillery)
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 29 '18.4 " N , 3 ° 11' 4.3" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Bacardi |
| Founded | 1891 |
| founder | Alexander Edward, Peter Mackie and others |
| architect | Charles Chree Doig |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 28,185 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 × 28,185 l |
| Production volume | 2,700,000 l |
| Website | www.craigellachie.com |
Craigellachie (pronunciation: [kɹeg'ɛləxɪ] ) is a whiskey distillery in Craigellachie , Moray , Scotland .
history
The distillery was built in 1891 by the Craigellachie-Glenlivet Distillery Company. Co-owners included Alexander Edward and Peter Mackie († 1924), who continued the business of his uncle James Logan Mackie (creator of the White Horse blend whiskey , the base malt of which was produced in the Craigellachie distillery). The architect was Charles Doig. The first spirit did not flow until 1898. In 1916 the distillery was bought by Mackie & Company Distillers Ltd. taken over - the owners of White Horse . In 1927 White Horse Distillers was taken over by the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) . Craigellachie became the property of Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD) in 1930 . In 1964 the distillery was renovated and the number of stills increased from two to four. In 1987 Craigellachie was sold to United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) , which in 1998 together with Aberfeldy , Royal Brackla and Aultmore and the blending company John Dewar & Sons, sold them to Bacardi Martini .
production
The water for the Speyside distillery comes from Blue Hill (formerly Little Conval Hill). The malt is sourced from United Distillers-Maltings in Roseisle and Burghead. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (9 tons) of steel and eight fermenting tanks ( wash backs ) (per 45,000 l). Distillation takes place in two wash stills (28,185 l each) and two spirit stills (also 28,185 l each) which are heated by steam.
Bottlings
The original bottling has been a 14-year-old Craigellachie since 2004, and 13, 17 and 23-year-old bottlings since 2014.
See also
literature
- Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskey. World Guide, Regions, Distillers, Malts, Blends, Tasting Notes. Dorling Kindersley, London et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-15868-3
- Ingvar Ronde (Ed.): Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2017 MagDig Media Limited, Shrewsbury. 2016, ISBN 978-0-9576553-3-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transcribed after listening to the "Edinburgh Malt Whiskey Tour" ( http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/sounds/craigell.wav , accessed February 14, 2017)
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 108 f.