Edradour
| Edradour | |
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 Edradour whiskey distillery building |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 42 '3.2 " N , 3 ° 42' 10.1" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Andrew Symington (Signatory) |
| Founded | 1825 |
| founder | local farmer |
| Water source | Mhoulin Moor |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 4,218 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 × 2,179 l |
| Production volume | 500,000 l |
| Website | www.edradour.com |
Edradour [ˌɛdɹa'daʊ̯ɹ] is a Scottish whiskey distillery . It is located in a small valley, hidden by the surrounding mountains, east of the village of Pitlochry and was for a long time the smallest whiskey distillery in Scotland. However, up to 100,000 visitors come to this distillery every year, so that an additional almost 20 tour guides have to be employed. The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists. In February 2018 an expansion was put into operation, so that the maximum production capacity is now 500,000 liters per year.
Origin of name
The name Edradour comes from the Scottish Gaelic language . As a derivation, the expression Eadar Dhà Dhobhar "between two waters" is usually given (as in the tours in the distillery itself), meaning the streams Edradour Burn and Kinnaird Burn. This can also be found as a place name in Gaelic-language maps.
history
Founding years
As a precursor of the distillery one is Schwarzbrennerei in Edradour considered that the first time was documented 1,823th In the course of reducing u. a. Due to the excise act, the distillery was officially founded in 1825 as a cooperative of farmers to cover their own needs under the name Glenforres. The license was owned by Alexander Forbes. In 1834 an application was made to expand the building with new buildings. The official management by the cooperative began in 1837, when it received the license directly and under the name Edradour. As early as 1837, Edradour was one of seven distilleries in the parish producing around 90,000 gallons of whiskey per year. In 1841 the cooperative was then formally founded as John McGlashan & Co. by eight local farmers, including Alexander Forbes, and production for the market began. 1853 Farmer James Reid acquired the cooperative under the name James Reid & Co .
International group affiliation
In 1933 William Whiteley & Co. , a subsidiary of the American group JG Turney & Sons, took over the distillery, so that Edradour became the main component of the King Ransom Blend. After the death of the majority shareholder Irving Haim, Edradour was sold to an American / Australian consortium in 1976. Campbell Distillers Ltd , which belongs to the spirits company Pernod Ricard , took over the company in 1982 and opened a visitor center the following year. The first bottling as a single malt took place in 1986. At the same time, the production of the King Ransom was discontinued.
Sale to Signatory
On July 22, 2002, the distillery was sold to Andrew Symington, owner of the independent Scottish bottler Signatory. Symington transferred its business model of an independent bottler to the entire company. In the course of several in wine and sherry casks were ripened bottlings on the market. From 2003 peated alcohol was distilled for the first time, which is now sold under the Ballechin brand . In the course of the further renovation and expansion, the business as an independent bottler was relocated to Pitlochry in 2007 and its own bottling plant was built on the company premises.
Extension of Edradour II
In July 2014, Signatory Vintage submitted planning documents to the Perth & Kinross Council for the construction of another distillery on the premises of the Edradour Distillery in Pitlochry. According to the owner, it was no longer possible to expand production with the existing system to meet the increased demand. The new systems should at least double the capacity from the previous 125,000 liters. Construction work on the new distillery began in winter 2015/16. In February 2018, production began in the newly built facilities. In addition to the new production line, the storage capacity of approx. 6,000 barrels on approx. 25,000 barrels more than quadrupled. The stills of the new lines were reproduced true to the original in order to guarantee an exactly constant quality of the new make. Both Edradour and Ballechin whiskey can now be produced in both plants.
production
The water for the distillery, which is part of the Highlands / Southern Highlands region, comes from a spring on Mhoulin Moor. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (1.25 t), two fermentation tanks ( wash backs ) (5,000 l) of Douglas fir timber , a wash still (4.218 l) and a spirit still (2.179 l).
There is also a mash tun in the new Edradour II building. However, this no longer has to be emptied by hand. As a result, significantly more quantities can be produced. For this purpose, four fermentation vats as well as a further wash still (4,218 l) and a spirit still (2,179 l) were set up.
Products
As an independent bottler, Signatory has a long history of post-aging whiskey. The taste of the whiskey depends on the type of wood used in the storage barrels as well as the wine or spirit previously stored in them. At Edradour, marsala , Madeira , port , Chardonnay , Sauternes , Bordeaux , sherry and Burgundy barrels are matured . The Edradour whiskeys are not peated. But smoky bottlings are also offered under the name Ballechin.
Edradour also offers its own cream liqueur .
Sightseeing
Edradour has a visitor center and has not been open to the public for free since January 2010. However, visitors are allowed to keep their Glencairn whiskey glass from the tasting.
Trivia
Before the expansion in 2018, the two stills should not have been even slightly smaller, as otherwise the distillation plant would have been classified by the tax authorities as transportable and thus a fictitious distillery.
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, New York NY et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary (= Fischer. 15868). Revised new edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15868-0 .
- Ingvar Ronde (Ed.): Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2017 MagDig Media Limited, Shrewsbury. 2016, ISBN 978-0-9576553-3-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b www.whisky.de/aktuelles , accessed March 18, 2018
- ^ A b c Edradour Distillery: Historic Timeline of the Distillery. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ ScotchWhisky.com: Edradour Distillery Company Profile. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Edradour distillery with new finishing bottlings of fine single malt whiskey. In: www.drinkology.de. September 24, 2011, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Editor: Exclusive: Will Edradour be expanded? The plans - WhiskyExperts. In: WhiskeyExperts. January 26, 2015, accessed June 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Editor: Whiskey in the picture: Edradour is expanding - WhiskeyExperts. In: WhiskeyExperts. April 22, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016 .
- ^ Edradour Distillery: New Mash Tun @ Edradour Distillery. In: Facebook video cherry whiskey. February 19, 2018, accessed December 29, 2018 .