Dalwhinnie (whiskey distillery)
| Dalwhinnie / Strathspey | |
|---|---|
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| country |
 Scotland
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| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 56 '24.5 " N , 4 ° 14' 17" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Diageo |
| Founded | 1897 |
| founder | John Grant, George Sellar and Alexander Mackenzie |
| architect | Charles Chree Doig |
| Water source | Allt'Sluie Burn |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 17,000 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 14,000 l |
| Production volume | 1,300,000 l |
The Dalwhinnie Distillery is a distillery in Scotland . It is located in Dalwhinnie , Inverness-shire , Scotland. The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists. The distillery belongs to the Diageo group.
history
Dalwhinnie was founded in 1897 by John Grant, George Sellar and Alexander Mackenzie under the name Strathspey . The cost was £ 10,000. Production began in February 1898.
After just a few months, however, the three ran into financial problems, and in November 1898 John Sommerville & Co. and A P Blyth & Sons took over the distillery. They renamed it Dalwhinnie and commissioned Charles Chree Doig to make some changes to the still.
In 1905 Cook & Bernheimer , America's largest distiller at the time, bought Dalwhinnie at auction. This was the first time a foreign company had acquired a Scottish distillery.
In 1919 MacDonald bought Greenlees & Williams Ltd. Sir James Calder headed the distillery. This company was again taken over in 1926 by the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) - and in 1930 transferred to the Scottish Malt Distilleries (SMD) .
In February 1934 a great fire almost completely destroyed Dalwhinnie. The distillery was not put back into operation until 1938.
In 1968 the Malting Floors were closed. In 1986 Dalwhinnie was completely renovated.
In 1991 a visitor center was built. From 1992 until it reopened in March 1995, the distillery was renovated for £ 3.2 million and remained closed during that time.
production
The water at the distillery, which is part of the Highlands region, comes from the ancient world. The malt comes from the United Distillers malthouses in Burghead and Roseisle. The distillery has a mash tun (6.8 tons) made of stainless steel and six fermentation vats (34,000 l each), five of which are made of Siberian larch and one of Oregon pine ( Douglas fir ). Distillation takes place in a wash still (17,000 l) and a spirit still (14,000 l) which are heated by steam.
Dalwhinnie has a visitor center and can be visited.
Bottlings
Dalwhinnie is one of the Classic Malts from United Distillers (now part of the Diageo Group). There is a 15 year old single malt in the series. There is also the Distillers Edition , in which the Dalwhinnie is aged in Oloroso sherry casks for a few months at the end of its storage period.
See also
literature
- Michael Jackson: Malt Whiskey Companion. Dorling Kindersley, London et al. 2004, ISBN 1-4053-0234-8 .
- 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
Since 1987: Cragganmore | Dalwhinnie | Glenkinchie | Lagavulin | Oban | Talisker
Since 2005: Caol Ila | Clynelish | Glen Elgin | Knockando | Royal Lochnagar
Since 2008: Cardhu | The Singleton of Dufftown (date unknown)