Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain Distillery

Bunnahabhain (pronounced Buna'häwinn ) is a whiskey distillery in Bunnahabhain at Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. The buildings of the distillery are classified in the Scottish lists of monuments in the category C (S).

History

The northernmost of the distilleries on Islay was founded in 1881 by James Ford, James Greenlees and William Robertson at the mouth of Margadale. To the distillery was gradually the small town of the same name. The production of whiskey started in 1883. Between 1930 and 1937, the distillery was closed. In 1963 she was ever extended to a wash and a spirit still. Between 1999 and 2003 produced only sporadically. Until 2003, the distillery was owned by the Highland Distillers (The Edrington Group). Before the threat of closure Distillery Burn Stewart Distillers 2003 was purchased.

Production

The little peat water the distillery dates back to the river Margadale. This is an underground source. The water is brought by pipeline. The malt used is based in part from the Port Ellen malting. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) ( 12.5 t) of stainless steel and six fermentation tanks (wash backs) ( per 66,000 liters ) of Douglas fir wood. Is distilled in two wash stills ( per 35 386 l), which are the largest in Scotland, and two spirit stills ( per 15,546 l), which are heated by steam. To cool the burning apparatus the water of a small stream is used, which flows from south-west to Staoisha hole and pours near the distillery in Islay Sound.

From the distillery a variety of original bottlings is expended.

Visits

Bunnahabhain offers a sightseeing tour. One can here during filling of the spirits watch in barrels, which is only possible in a few distilleries, and may one of the warehouses of Bunnahabhain, where the full barrels are stored, visit.