Tormore distillery

Tormore is a whiskey distillery in Grantown -on-Spey, Moray, Scotland UK. Your fires are part of the region of origin Speyside.

History

In 1958 Long John Distillers in Grand Grantown-on -Spey, about a kilometer from the River Spey with the construction of a new distillery. These were the first distillery, which was built in Scotland in the 20th century. It was designed by the architect Sir Arthur Richardson and is considered one of the most distilleries in the country. She stands despite her young age already under monument protection. In the vicinity of the distillery workers' dwellings were built in the same styles. On the premises artfully trimmed topiary shrubs are in the form of, for example stills.

In 1972 the number of stills was doubled from four to eight. The distillery was first taken over in 1975 by Whitbread & Co and Allied Distillers. With the acquisition of Allied Domecq also went this distillery in 2005 in the possession of Pernod Ricard.

Production

The water comes from the Achvochkie source. The whiskey is distilled into four wash stills and spirit stills. The distillery has a maximum capacity of 37,000 hl per year.

Samples

A large part of the whiskey produced is processed in blends, especially Long John. However, there are estate bottled and regular bottlings independent bottler.