Bladnoch distillery

Bladnoch is a whiskey distillery in the village of Bladnoch near Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The distillery buildings are sorted in the Scottish lists of monuments in the B category.

History

The distillery was founded in 1817 by brothers John and Thomas McClelland. In 1905 the production was stopped in 1911 and it was sold to Wm Dunville & Co. Ltd.. sold. From October 1912 whiskey was burned again. Until 1937, followed by numerous short-term closures. In 1938 the distillery was sold to Ross & Coulter, the stills were dismantled and brought to Sweden. Finally, in 1956, the distillery by Bladnoch Co. Ltd.. rebuilt. In 1964, the distillery was sold to McGow & Cameron, which were installed in 1966 two more stills. 1973 bought Inverhouse Distillers the distillery, 1983, she went to Arthur Bell & Sons in 1985 by United Distillers, which she decommissioned, 1993. In 1995, the operation of Raymond Armstrong was purchased from Northern Ireland and commissioned in 2000 with two stills again. This whiskey is available as a single malt commercially only since April 2008. There are also usually independent bottlings from production before 1994.

Bladnoch is the most southerly whiskey distillery in Scotland.

Production

The water belonging to the region Lowland distillery dates back to the river Bladnoch. It has a mash tun ( mash do ) (5.4 t) of stainless steel, six fermentation tanks (wash backs) douglas-fir, a rough blister ( wash still ) ( 13,500 l) and a fine fire bubble ( spirit still ) (10,000 l).