Glenallachie
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 27 '21.3 " N , 3 ° 13' 39.1" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | The GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited |
| Founded | 1967 |
| founder | Mackinlay McPherson Ltd. |
| architect | William Delmé Evans |
| Water source | Burn water |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 36,369 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 × 23,911 l |
| Production volume | 2,800,000 l |
Glenallachie is a whiskey distillery in Aberlour , Banffshire, Scotland , UK .
history
Glenallachie was founded in 1967 by Mackinlay McPherson Ltd. - a subsidiary of Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd. - founded. William Delmé Evans was the architect. In 1985 Glenallachie and the Isle of Jura distillery were sold to Invergordon Distillers . In 1987 Glenallachie was closed after two years of no production. In 1989 Campbell Distillers ( Pernod Ricard ) took over the distillery, increased the number of stills from two to four and started production again. In 2017 the distillery was sold by Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard) to a consortium led by Billy Walker and has been operating as The GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited since then.
production
The water in the Speyside distillery comes from Burn Water (springs from Ben Rinnes). The malt comes from foreign malt houses . The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (9.5 tons) of steel and six fermentation tanks ( wash backs ) (per 60,000 l). Distillation takes place in two wash stills (36,369 l each) and two spirit stills (23,911 l each), which are heated by steam.
Bottlings
Glenallachie is mainly part of the well-known blends Clan Campbell and House of Lords . The original bottling was a single malt from 1989 in the Cask Strength Edition by Chivas Brothers. In March 2018, the new owner brought the first bottlings onto the market. Over 3,500 50cl bottles were bottled as Special Edition Single Cask Whiskeys, all at cask strength and priced from £ 200 to £ 699.
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 .
