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Clynelish Distillery

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His­tory

The dis­tillery was founded in 1967 next to the old Brora dis­tillery (first called Clynel­ish dis­tillery). The dis­tillery was estab­lished in May 1968, but was in pro­duc­tion in April 1969. To avoid con­fu­sion, the first Clynel­ish was on December…


Glenkinchie Distillery

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Glenk­inchie Dis­tillery is located near Edin­burgh. It is one of only three remain­ing Low­land malt whiskies in production.

His­tory

Glenk­inchie lies, as the name might sug­gest, in a glen of the Kinchie Burn near the vil­lage of Pen­cait­land, East Lothian.…


Talisker Distillery

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Talisker Dis­tillery is located at Car­bost, Scot­land; the only dis­tillery on the Isle of Skye. The dis­tillery is oper­ated by United Dis­tillers and Vint­ners for Dia­geo, and is mar­keted as part of their Clas­sic Malts series.

His­tory

The dis­tillery was…


Oban Distillery

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Oban Dis­tillery is a whisky dis­tillery in the Scot­tish west coast port of Oban. The town of Oban in Argyll sprung up around the dis­tillery after it was built. The dis­tillery only has two pot stills, mak­ing it one of…


Dalwhinnie Distillery

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Dal­whin­nie dis­tillery, in Scot­land, pro­duces Sin­gle malt Scotch whisky, clas­si­fied among the High­land Sin­gle Malts. The dis­tillery was founded with the name of the town it is near, Strath­spey, in the late 1890s. The site was cho­sen for its access…


Dailuaine Distillery

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The Dis­tillery was founded in 1852 by William Macken­zie. When he died in 1865 his widow leased the dis­tillery to James Flem­ing, a banker from Aber­lour. Together with William Mackenzie’s son he founded Macken­zie and Company.

1884 Dailu­aine is renovated…