Glenesk

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Glenesk
Maltings and Distillery near Hillside.jpg
country Scotland
region Highlands
Geographical location 56 ° 44 '39.2 "  N , 2 ° 27' 58.4"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 44 '39.2 "  N , 2 ° 27' 58.4"  W.
Type Malt, grain
status Decommissioned in 1985 and partially demolished in 1996
owner
Founded 1897
founder James Isles
Washstill (s) 2
Spiritstill (s) 2

Glenesk , formerly Highland Esk Distillery and North Esk Distillery , was a whiskey distillery near the town of Hillside , Angus , Scotland .

history

The distillery was founded in 1897 by the Dundee wine merchant James Isle as a Highland Esk Distillery from a flax mill . She first made malt whiskey . JF Caille took over the distillery in 1899 and renamed it North Esk Distillery . The distillery was closed during the First World War , but reopened afterwards. In 1938, Associated Scottish Distilleries took over the business and switched production to grain whiskey . After being sold to Distiller Company Ltd. (DCL) In 1954 the distillery became part of Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). They switched production to malt whiskey again. In 1980 the company was renamed Glenesk again and the distillery was closed in 1985. After losing the distilling license in 1992, the buildings were partially demolished in 1996 and sold to Paul's Malt . The former distillery has been expanded into a large malt house, which until 2010 belonged to Greencore Malt , a subsidiary of the Irish food group Greencore . In 2010 Greencore Malt was sold to the Belgian Boortmalt group, a subsidiary of the French agricultural cooperative Axéréal .

production

For burning two were each coarse blisters ( wash stills ) and fine blisters ( spirit stills ) are available. In 1968 a large drum malt house was installed.

Bottlings

Single malt bottlings are partly available as Glenesk , but mainly under the Hillside name . Nowadays, bottlings are sometimes still available as part of the Rare Malt Series . Glenesk was also used to produce blends . So it was a significant part of VAT 69 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Presentation on Whiskiesofscotland.com
  2. ↑ a b c Presentation on Scotchwhisky.net
  3. ↑ Information from the Greencore Group

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