Fettercairn (whiskey distillery)
| Fettercairn | |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 51 '12.5 " N , 2 ° 34' 54.3" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Emperador International Ltd. |
| Founded | 1824 |
| founder | Alexander Ramsay |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 13,000 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 13,500 l and 11,500 l each |
| Production volume | 1,600,000 l |
Fettercairn is a whiskey distillery in Fettercairn , Aberdeenshire , Scotland .
history
The distillery was founded in 1824 by Sir Alexander Ramsay and was the second to receive the official distillery license (the first went to Glenlivet ). A large number of changes of ownership followed. Among the owners was the elder brother Sir Thomas Gladstone of the British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone at the time . After a fire, the distillery was almost completely rebuilt between 1887 and 1890. In 1960 the company's own malt floors were closed and in 1966 the number of stills was increased from two to four. The distillery has belonged to Whyte & Mackay since 1973 , which was bought in 2007 for £ 595 million by United Spirits Limited , a subsidiary of India's The UB Group , and Whyte & Mackay to Emperador International Ltd. at the end of October 2014 for £ 430 million. resold.
production
The water of the distillery, which belongs to the Highlands / Eastern Highlands region, comes from two springs in the Cairngorms . The distillery has a mash tun (4.6 t), eight fermentation vats (26,000 l each) made of Douglas fir , two wash stills (13,000 l each) and two spirit stills (13,500 l and 11,500 l).
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
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2014/11/emperador-completes-whyte-mackay-takeover/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Misako Udo: The Scottish Whiskey Distilleries . Black & White Publishing, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 1-845-021304 .
