Speyburn-Glenlivet distillery

Speyburn is a whiskey distillery in Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland. It is located in the Speyside whiskey region. The distillery is owned by Inverhouse Distillers Ltd.. The distillery buildings are partially sorted in the Scottish lists of monuments in the B category.

General

As one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland the Speyburn Distillery is situated on the outskirts of the village of Rothes, in a narrow valley in the forest, not far from the River Spey, whose name not only of the distillery, but the entire region Speyside with currently more than 50 producing Whiskydestillen was the inspiration.

History

The distillery was founded in 1897 Speyburn. The builder of Speyburn, John Hopkins, at that time also owner of Tobermory, insisted that would begin in 1897, the sixtieth anniversary of the coronation of Queen Victoria with the production, which it did. Dick masked workers produced shortly after Christmas in the still door and windowless distillery a barrel of malt whiskey.

After short-term closures in the 1930s and 1940s Speyburn made ​​for the first time in the 1960s talked about, as there the first Drummalting ( drum malting ) was put into operation. A time-and space-saving variant of Gerstenmälzerei. At this time the Speyburn was one of the most modern distilleries in the world. Since 1991 Speyburn belongs to Inverhouse Distillers what something is like a life insurance policy for this small distillery.

Production

Since 1992, the " Speyburn 10 years " is produced as standard bottling, more products are a 21 year old malt and, since 2009, the Bradan Orach no age given.