Glentauchers distillery is a Speyside Scottish whisky distillery in Mulben, Keith, Scotland.
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| Region: Speyside | |
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| Location | Mulben, Keith, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°32′3″N 3°3′1″W / 57.53417°N 3.05028°W |
| Owner | Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard) |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Water source | Rosarie Burn |
| No. of stills | 3 wash stills 3 spirit stills |
| Capacity | 4,500,000 litres (990,000 imp gal) |
| Mothballed | 1985–1992 |
History
editGlentauchers distillery was founded in 1897. The building was designed by John Alcock, and overseen by Charles Doig & Son. It starting producing when James Buchanan Co. Ltd. and three members of Glentauchers Distillery Co. joined hands with Glentauchers a year after that. [1]
In 1925 James Buchanan Co. Ltd join The Distillers Company.[2]
It was mothballed by United Distillers in 1985, and sold to Allied Distillers in 1989. Malts from this distillery are rarely bottled, usually, the produced whisky is used in blended whiskies. In 2000, an official bottling was released. This was a 15-year-old whisky. Before that a semi-official bottling was released by Gordon & MacPhail in the 1990s.[3]
The distillery has three spirit stills and three wash stills, with a total production capacity of 4,500,000 litres (990,000 imp gal) of pure alcohol per year.[3][4]
The distillery and the hamlet of Tauchers were served by Tauchers Platform railway station until 1964 with a freight siding also at one time running to the distillery.[5]
References
edit- ^ Kindersley, Dorling (2008). Whisky. Dorling Kindersley Limited.
- ^ "Scotch Whisky Association: historical notes". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Glentauchers - Scotch malt whisky distillery profile". Maltmadness.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ Helen Artur, single malt whisky. ISBN 90-5764-236-0
- ^ "Mulben from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.