The Glenturret Distillery is located on the banks of the Turret River two miles north west of Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. The distillery is hidden in the valley and its secluded location may have contributed to its early history…
Royal Lochnagar was awarded its royal prefix in 1848 — following a visit and tasting by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The event came about after the distillery manager John Begg dropped a note to their Royal Highnesses directly inviting…
Glenmorangie is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd. Their main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. The Glenmorangie Company ceased to produce blended whisky for supermarkets in 2009.
Glenmorangie…
In 1973, Suntory built the Hakushu distillery at the foot of Mt. Kaikomagatake in the Southern Japan Alps. It developed an unparalleled variety of malt whiskies and highly refined techniques in these two utopias of whisky, and brought to market…
It has been almost 170 years since whisky was legally distilled in the Outer Hebrides and that was at the Shoeburn Distillery in Stornoway which closed down around 1840. The island had established a reputation of producing good whisky, two…
Port Ellen Distillery was based on the isle of Islay, Scotland and founded by Alexander Mackay.
The distillery was built in the 1825 by, and was acquired by Distillers Company Limited in 1925. The distillery closed in 1983, although supplies…
Steve McCarthy started Clear Creek Distillery about twenty-four years ago because he wanted to find the best use for the fruit from the McCarthy family’s orchard. During his travels in Europe he became acquainted with a number of traditional European…
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is a 94 proof, small-batch whiskey distilled in Denver, Colorado. Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is the first microdistillery making whiskey in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains as well as one of the first in the country. Stranahan’s Colorado…
Cooley Distillery is the only independent, Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older industrial potato ethanol plant by John Teeling. The Distillery is located on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth on Ireland’s eastern coast.
The distillery…
The Midleton distilleries complex is situated outside Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland. It is owned by Pernod-Ricard. Located alongside is the Old Midleton Distillery which was established in the early 17th century.
History
In 1966, John Power & Son, John Jameson…