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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 […]

Founded as Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery. Until the opening of Roseisle distillery, Dufftown was Diageo’s largest distillery. Brands produced in the distillery – The Singleton Region: Speyside Area: Moray Current Owner: Diageo Founded : 1895 Founder : Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery Co No. of wash stills: 3 No. of spirit stills: 3 Capacity (litres): 5,900,000.00 Website:

The distillery was started by William Williams who had also signed an exclusivity deal with Glenfiddich In 1962, the distillery is rebuilt and in 1972, a second distillery was built next door which operated simultaneously. In 1985, the original distillery was closed but the second distillery built remained in operation Brands produced in the distillery […]

One of the last distilleries to malt all of its barley on the spot by a mechanical saladin The Tamdhu whisky is almost completely used for the production of blended whiskies, such as The Famous Grouse, J & B and Cutty Sark. In 1927, the distillery mothballed for 2 decades prior to commencing operations in […]

In 2012, Clan Speyburn, an online fan community for the brand, is formed In recent years, Speyburn has been marketed as a value for money malt in the US Region: Speyside Area: Moray Current Owner: InterBev/Inver House Distillers (International Beverage Holdings) Founded : 1897 Founder : John Hopkins & Company No. of wash stills: 1 […]

Glenmoray was one of the first whiskies to be ‘finished’ in wine casks – Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay specifically – as well as Port. Brands produced in the distillery – Westport Region: Speyside Area: Moray Current Owner: Glen Turner Company (La Martiniquaise) Founded : 1897 Founder : Robert Thorne & Sons No. of wash stills: […]

The whisky produced in the distillery are rarely bottled and usually the produced whisky is used in blended whiskies like Buchanan’s and Black & White, and these days Ballantine’s. In 2017, an official 15-year-old single malt was released. Before that a semi-official bottling was released by Gordon & MacPhail in the 1990s. Region: Speyside Area: […]