Blair Athol distillery

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Blair Athol distillery
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Region: Highland
Location Pitlochry
Owner Diageo
Founded1798
StatusOperational
Water sourceAllt Dour Burn
No. of stills2 wash stills (13,000 liters)
2 spirit stills (12,000 liters) [1]
Capacity2,500,000 litres
MothballedSoon after 1798 to 1825
1932 to 1949
Blair Athol 12
Type Single malt
Age(s)12 Years
ABV 43%

Blair Athol distillery is a single malt whisky distillery in Scotland. It is used in Bell's whisky, and is also normally available in a 12-year-old bottling. [2] The distillery is located on the south edge of Pitlochry in Perthshire, near the River Tummel. [2]

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History

The distillery was founded in 1798 by John Steward and Robert Robertson, [3] originally named 'Aldour', after the Allt Dour burn the distillery draws it water from, but closed soon[ when? ] after opening. [4] The distillery opened again and changed ownership to John Robertson in 1825. [3]

It was sold several times in the period after, going from John Robertson to Alexander Conacher & Co., then to John Conacher & Co, which was inherited by Elizabeth Conacher in 1860. It was sold again to Peter Fraser & Co, and again to Peter Mackenzie of P. McKenzie & Co Distillers Limited in 1882. [3] [4]

The distillery closed down in 1932. The mothballed distillery was bought by Arthur Bell and Sons, but didn't open again until it was rebuilt in 1949. [3] In 1973 the distillery expanded, adding two further stills to the previous two. [3]

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References

  1. Blair Athol on Whisky.com
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Michael (May 2004). Malt Whisky Companion (5th ed.). London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN   978-1-4053-0234-0. OCLC   60383343.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Helen Arthur (2002) [1997]. The single malt companion (in Dutch). Lisbeth Machielsen (trans.). Libero. p. 77. ISBN   978-90-5764-236-4.
  4. 1 2 Johannes van den Heuvel. "Blair Athol distillery profile". Malt madness. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

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