Teaninich
| Teaninich | |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 41 '30.1 " N , 4 ° 15' 37.9" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Diageo |
| Founded | 1817 |
| founder | Hugh Munro |
| Water source | Dairywell Spring |
| Washstill (s) | 3 |
| Spiritstill (s) | 3 |
| Production volume | 2,680,000 l |
Teaninich (pronounced "Chee-an-inick") is a whiskey distillery near Alness , Ross-shire , Scotland , UK . It is not far from the Dalmore and Glenmorangie Distilleries in the Northern Highlands .
history
The Teaninich distillery was built in 1817 by Hugh Munro with two stills . It was leased by Robert Pattison in the 1850s and passed to Munro & Cameron in 1898. In 1905 it was taken over by Robert Innes Cameron and in 1934 by Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). In 1962 a second pair of stills was installed. A new building with three focal few stills were added in 1972, which as Side A was called. This and the old kiln building ( Side B ) produced in parallel until 1984, but despite modernization in 1974, Side B was closed and then demolished in 1999. In 1985 the distillery was temporarily closed completely. From 1991, operations on Side A were resumed.
production
Teaninich gets his water from Dairywell Spring. The distillery uses three wash stills and three spirit stills . The maximum production capacity is 26,800 hl of alcohol per year.
Bottlings
The whiskey produced in Teaninich was and is largely used in blends , for example as one of the main components of Johnnie Walker . The first single malt bottling did not come onto the market until 1992 with a 10-year maturation.
Web links
literature
- Michael Jackson : Whiskey. Dorlin Kindersley Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-831-00764-6 , p. 140.
- Walter Schobert: Malt Whiskey Guide. Walter Hädecke Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-7750-0510-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Presentation on Whiskiesofscotland.com
- ^ Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 104.
- ↑ a b Presentation on Scotchwhisky.net