Ailsa Bay distillery

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Ailsa Bay distillery is a Lowland whisky distillery located in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The distillery is owned by William Grant & Sons.

Ailsa Bay distillery
Region: Lowland
Location South Ayrshire
Owner William Grant & Sons
Founded2009
Water sourcePenwapple reservoir
No. of stills4 wash stills
4 spirit stills
Capacity12,000,000 liters
Website Ailsa Bay distillery

The Ailsa Bay Malt Whisky Distillery was built by the William Grant & Sons company to meet their needs for malt whisky for their blended whiskies. [1] The distillery was built near the site of the Girvan distillery. [2]

It was officially founded in 2007. [3] The opening was attended by Prince Charles in 2009. [4]

In March 2019, Ailsa Bay released a new brand of scotch whisky which was protected with blockchain technology to prevent counterfeiting. [5]

In September 2019, Ailsa Bay released Aerstone, a new brand of single malt scotch whisky. [6] William Grant & Sons says it is aimed at new whisky drinkers that find established single malts like Glenfiddich and The Balvenie “too complex with intimidating choice and language”. [7]

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References

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  3. DK (2012). Whisky Opus. Dorling Kindersley. p. 156.
  4. "Ailsa Bay Scotch Whisky Distillery". Scotchwhisky.net. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. "Ailsa Bay Releases Blockchain-Protected Scotch Whisky". Forbes .
  6. Perugini, Chris (2020-01-31). "Review: Aerstone Land Cask and Sea Cask". Single Malt Savvy. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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