In 1920, Masataka Taketsuru, one of the fathers of Japanese whisky and founder of Japanese company Nikka, trains at Longmorn. The stills at Nikka’s two distilleries are said to be modelled on Longmorn’s.
Duringt he early 20th century, the Whisky produced in the distillery was used in a variety of blends including VAT 69 and Dewar’s
The Longmorn 16-year expression received two silver medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2008 and 2009
Region: Speyside
Area: Moray
Current Owner: Chivas Brothers Ltd (Pernod Ricard)
Founded : 1893
Founder : John Duff, Charles Shirres, George Thomson
No. of wash stills: 4
No. of spirit stills: 4
Capacity (litres): 4,500,000.00
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