Glenrothes (whiskey distillery)
| Glenrothes | |
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 Lettering on the distillery building |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Speyside |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 31 '35.1 " N , 3 ° 12' 55" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Highland Distillers Group Ltd. |
| Founded | 1878 |
| founder | James Stuart & Co. |
| Water source | Ardcanny and Brucehill source |
| Washstill (s) | 5 × 22,990 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 5 × 25,400 l |
| Production volume | 5,600,000 l |
| Website | www.theglenrothes.com |
Glenrothes is a whiskey distillery on the outskirts of Rothes , Moray , Scotland , UK .
history
The distillery was 1878 by James Stuart & Co. founded. After the lending Caledonian Bank had to close, William Grant, Robert Dick and John Cruickshank founded William Grant & Co. and completed the distillery . It was the second distillery in town after Glen Grant . Whiskey production began on December 28, 1879, the day the Firth of Tay Bridge , built in 1877, collapsed near Dundee . In 1887 the distillery became part of Highland Distillers . On May 15, 1922, a fire destroyed warehouse No. 1 with around 2,500 barrels of whiskey. The burning whiskey flowed into the Burn of Rothes , which runs right through the town. In 1963 the number of stills was increased from four to six, in 1980 to eight and in 1989 to ten.
production
The water of the distillery belonging to the Speyside region comes from the Ardcanny 'source and the Brucehill' source. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (4.92 t) and twenty fermenting vessels ( wash backs ) 12 from Douglas fir (depending 25,500 l) and eight stainless steel (also 25,500 per liter, currently unused). Distillation takes place in five wash stills (22,990 l each, but only 12,900 l are used) and five spirit stills (25,400 l each, but only 15,000 l are used) which are heated by steam. The malt used comes from the malt house of the Tamdhu distillery.
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 .