Longmorn

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Longmorn
Longmorn Distillery, Elgin - geograph.org.uk - 101004.jpg
country Scotland
region Speyside
Geographical location 57 ° 36 '25.6 "  N , 3 ° 17' 24.9"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 36 '25.6 "  N , 3 ° 17' 24.9"  W.
Type Paint
status active
owner Pernod Ricard
Founded 1894
founder John Duff, Charles Shirres and George Thomas
Water source Burnside
Washstill (s) 4 × 16,820 l
Spiritstill (s) 3 × 15,000 l, 1 × 13,638 l
Production volume 4,400,000 l
Website www.longmornbrothers.com/html/distillery.htm

Longmorn is a whiskey distillery near Elgin , Scotland , UK .

history

The distillery was built in 1894 by John Duff ( Glenlossie ), Charles Shirres and George Thomas on the site of what was once a chapel or church from which it takes its name; Longmorn translates as "Holy Man's Place". In 1972 the number of stills was increased from four to six and in 1974 from six to eight. In 1978 the distillery came into the possession of Seagram and since 2001 it has belonged to Pernod Ricard .

Longmorn is one of the main ingredients in the Chivas Regal blend .

production

The Speyside distillery's water comes from the Burnside springs. It has a mash tun ( mash do ) (7.5 t), eight fermenting tanks ( wash backs ) made of Douglas fir (per 21,262 l) and five from stainless steel (depending 42,500 l), four wash stills (per 16,820 l) and four spirit stills (3 × 15,000 l, 1 × 13,638 l) which have only been heated with steam since 1993 . Before that, coal was used for firing. The malt used came from the Benriach malt floors for about a hundred years until it was shut down in 1999 .

  • A bottle of Longmorn 15 years old

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Misako Udo: The Scottish Whiskey Distilleries . Black & White Publishing, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 1-845-021304 .
  2. ↑ a b c Ingvar Ronde: Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2013 . MagDig Media Ltd., Shrewsbury 2012, ISBN 978-0-9552607-9-7 .
  3. ↑ Walter Schobert: Malt Whiskey Guide . Walter Hädecke Verlag, Weil der Stadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-7750-0510-4 , p. 158 .

See also

literature

  • Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskeys of the World. Distilleries, brands, whiskey tours (“World Whiskey”, 2009). Dorling Kindersley, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8310-1707-2 .