Glen Ord Distillery

Glen Ord Distillery ( Stillhouse )

Glen Ord is a whiskey distillery in Muir of Ord on the Black Isle, Ross -shire, Scotland.

History

The distillery was founded in 1838 by Robert Johnstone and Donald McLennan. 1847 Robert Johnstone had to withdraw. 1855 went to the distillery Alexander McLennan and Thomas McGregor. After the death of Alexander McLennan 1870 in 1877 Alexander MacKenzie, the new husband of McLennan's widow, the distillery until it was sold in 1896 to James Watson & Son. Watson renovated the distillery and increased the malting floor. From 1917 to 1919, the distillery was decommissioned. In 1923 she was sold to Thomas Dewar and 1925 she joined Distillers Company Limited ( DCL). From 1939 to 1945, the distillery was closed again.

From 1958 to 1966 a series of tests to run at Glen Ord determine whether there are differences in taste in whiskey at different focal bladder lightings (coal, oil, steam ). 1958 were converted to direct oil - fired two of the now four stills, the remaining stills remained in the direct coal firing. In 1960, the two oil-fired pot stills were converted to steam. 1961 Tennenmälzerei (Floor Maltings ) were closed and Kastenmälzanlagen ( Saladin boxes ) installed. 1966 the number of stills was increased to six and the lighting completely converted to steam.

1968 a large drum malting (drum Maltings ) was built on the site of the distillery, where the distillery itself until 1983 moved into its malt from the 1961 built Kastenmalzanlage. In 1985 the distillery at United Distillers (UD) and ultimately to Diageo.

At times, the whiskey was also sold as Glen Oran, Ord, Ordie and Glenordie; Original bottlings under these names have become popular collector's items.

Production

The water belonging to the Highlands / Northern Highlands distillery dates back to the hole and the hole nam nam Bonnach Euan. The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) ( 12.5 t), ten fermentation tanks (wash backs) ( six of Douglas fir wood, each with 59,000 liters and four stainless steel), three coarse blisters (wash stills ) ( per 18,000 liters) and three fine blisters ( spirit stills ) ( per 15,500 liters ) which are heated by steam. For storage sherry and bourbon casks are used. Built in 1968 Malthouse (18 drums ) supplies a variety of Scottish distilleries ( Clynelish and Talisker, for example ).