Glenburgie distillery

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Glenburgie distillery
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The building of the 2004-renovated Glenburgie distillery
Region: Speyside
Location Alves, Moray, Scotland
Owner Chivas Brothers
(Pernod Ricard)
Founded1810
StatusOperational
No. of stills3 wash (11,750 L), [1] 3 spirit (15,000 L)
Capacity4,200,000 litres of pure alcohol per year
Mothballed1870 to 1878, 1927 to 1935, 2000 - 2004

Glenburgie distillery, (also known as Glenburgie-Glenlivet, Glen Burgie or Glenburry) is Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located near Alves, Moray, Scotland.

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History

There are mentions of a distillery being founded as early as 1810, then known as Kilnflat. [2] It wasn't until 1829 that official records for the distillery show up. After running into financial difficulty, the distillery closed in 1870 [3] before being renamed Glenburgie in 1871. [2] It re-opened in 1878, under Charles Kay. [3] There were ownership changes and around 1880 it came into the possession of Alex Fraser and Company. [4] It was then incorporated in 1895. This situation lasted 30 years; it was liquidated in 1925, and then was closed again between 1927 and 1935. [3]

Around that time the distillery was run by Margaret Nichol, considered the first female manager of any whisky distillery. The distillery was sold to Hiram Walker in 1936. [2] [5]

In a new rejuvenation in 1958, two Lomond stills were installed, alongside the existing stills. [3] The whisky distilled in these stills was kept separate from the rest of the whisky produced by the distillery, and sold under the name Glencraig. [3] Production continued up until 1981 when the experiment with Lomond stills was abandoned, and the stills were replaced with regular stills. In 1987, Allied Lyons buys Hiram Walker. [3]

In 2000, production stopped entirely at Glenburgie. The distillery was completely rebuilt in 2003-2004, only retaining the stills from the old distillery. [3]

In 2005, Pernod Ricard acquired Allied Domecq, owners of Glenburgie distillery, adding it to the company Chivas Brothers subsidiary . [6] Soon after, in 2006 another two stills were added, bringing the total production capacity to 4,200,000 litres of pure alcohol per year. [3]

Location

The distillery is located on an estate at the Mill Buie hills near Kinloss. [2]

Production

Most of the whisky distilled at Glenburgie is used for blends, most importantly Ballantine's, but also Old Smuggler.

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References

  1. ↑ Glenburgie distillery
  2. 1 2 3 4 Helen Arthur (2002) [1997]. The single malt companion (in Dutch). Lisbeth Machielsen (trans.). Libero. p. 118. ISBN   90-5764-236-0.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Glenburgie distillery profile". Maltmadness.
  4. ↑ "Glenburgie Distillery" . Dundee Courier. Scotland. 7 March 1895. Retrieved 7 April 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Distilleries Sold" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. Scotland. 3 December 1936. Retrieved 7 April 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Pernod Ricard successfully completes acquisition of Allied Domecq Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine , from the Pernod Ricard website

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