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Balblair
Balblair distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland. Founded in 1790, the distillery was rebuilt in 1895 by the designer Charles C Doig to be closer to the Edderton Edderton railway station, Railway Station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway line. However, so good was the original water source that the rebuilt distillery chose to ignore a nearby Burn (landform), burn in favour of the original Ault Dearg burn. To this day, the Balblair Distillery continues to use this original water source. John Ross, the founder, ran Balblair as a thriving business and in 1824 he was joined by his son, Andrew. The distillery stayed in the Ross family until 1894 when the tenancy was taken over by Alexander Cowan. In 1948 the Freehold (law), freehold was bought by Robert Cumming (stiller), Robert Cumming, who promptly expanded the distillery and increased production. Cumming ran the distillery until he retired in 1970 when he sold it to Hiram Walker. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inver House Distillers
Inver House Distillers Limited is a malt whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of ThaiBev, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in Southeast Asia. Inver House Distillers owns and operates five distilleries: Balblair distillery, Balmenach distillery, Knockdhu distillery, Pulteney distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells blended whisky under their own name. History The company was established in 1964 as a subsidiary of the American company, Publicker Industries of Philadelphia. Publicker Industries had successfully launched Inver House Rare, a brand of blended Scotch whisky in 1956. However, as a result of industry demand, there were not sufficient stocks to meet sales. Under the chairmanship of Mr S. S. Neuman, a site was acquired at Airdrie in March 1964, and a fully integrated complex was constructed, including 2 malt distilleries— Glenflagler and Killyloch—and a grain distillery Garnheath. Following the death of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edderton
Edderton ( gd, Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the Balblair Distillery, and of the Edderton Cross Slab, a Class III Pictish stone, which lies in the old churchyard of the village. A quarter of a mile outside the town lies another stone, the ''Clach Biorach'', a Class I Pictish stone. The former Ardmore House was a home of the chiefs of clan Ross. Balblair distillery off Station Road, Edderton, dates back to about 1800: in 1846, it was recorded that it consumed 120 bushels of malt weekly, producing 240 gallons of whisky, of very high repute. The distillery and village were served by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway from 1864 until Edderton railway station Edderton railway station served the village of Edderton, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland from 1864 to 1960 on the Inverness and Ross-sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Whisky Brands
This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, made generally of charred white oak. American whiskey Thirteen large distilleries owned by eight companies produce over 99% of the whiskey made in the U.S. * Beam Suntory's Booker Noe Distillery ( Boston, Kentucky), Jim Beam Distillery ( Clermont, Kentucky), and Maker's Mark Distillery (Loretto, Kentucky) * Brown–Forman's Brown–Forman Distillery (Shively, Kentucky), Jack Daniel Distillery (Lynchburg, Tennessee), and Woodford Reserve Distillery (Versailles, Kentucky) * Campari's Wild Turkey Distillery (Lawrenceburg, Kentucky) * Diageo's George Dickel Distillery (Tullahoma, Tennessee) * Heaven Hill's Bernheim Distillery (Louisville, Kentucky) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles C Doig
Charles Chree Doig (1855–1918) was a Scottish architect who introduced the pagoda design to Scotch whisky distilleries. Life and work He was born in Angus in 1855. After schooling, he worked for a local architect in Meigle and then from 1882 for a land surveyor in Elgin, eventually becoming a partner in the firm. By 1890, he had his own firm and specailised in designing distilleries. In 1899 he was hired to expand the capacity of the Dailuaine distillery. There he developed a pagoda like roof that improved the efficiency of distilleries by drawing off peat smoke in the malting process. Doig is credited with designing at least 56 Scotch whisky distilleries including Balblair, Dufftown, Pulteney, Speyburn and Aberlour. His distillery plans and other documents are kept in the Moray Council Local Heritage Centre. The former distillery of Auchinblae was also designed by Doig. He died in 1918 while shooting with his son near Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotch Whisky
Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial distilleries began introducing whisky made from wheat and rye in the late 18th century. , there were 141 whisky distilleries operating in Scotland. All Scotch whisky must be aged immediately after distillation in oak barrels for at least three years. Any age statement on a bottle of Scotch whisky, expressed in numerical form, must reflect the age of the youngest whisky used to produce that product. A whisky with an age statement is known as guaranteed-age whisky. A whisky without an age statement is known as a no age statement (NAS) whisky, the only guarantee being that all whisky contained in that bottle is at least three years old. The minimum bottling strength according to the regulation is 40% alcohol by volume. Scotch whisky is divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inver House Distillers Limited
Inver House Distillers Limited is a malt whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of ThaiBev, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in Southeast Asia. Inver House Distillers owns and operates five distilleries: Balblair distillery, Balmenach distillery, Knockdhu distillery, Pulteney distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells blended whisky under their own name. History The company was established in 1964 as a subsidiary of the American company, Publicker Industries of Philadelphia. Publicker Industries had successfully launched Inver House Rare, a brand of blended Scotch whisky in 1956. However, as a result of industry demand, there were not sufficient stocks to meet sales. Under the chairmanship of Mr S. S. Neuman, a site was acquired at Airdrie in March 1964, and a fully integrated complex was constructed, including 2 malt distilleries— Glenflagler and Killyloch—and a grain distillery Garnheath. Following the death of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Speyburn-Glenlivet Distillery
Speyburn distillery in Rothes, Moray, Scotland, was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins & Company for the sum of £17,000. The site was chosen by John Hopkins himself for its unpolluted water supply from the Granty Burn, a minor tributary of the River Spey. Hopkins appointed the famous distillery architect Charles C Doig to design the distillery and to this day Speyburn has its classic pagoda ventilator, a hallmark of Doig's design. The proprietors, keen to have production started to ensure that the first fillings could bear the date 1897 - Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - had scheduled production to begin on 1 November 1897. However, due to delays, the stills did not run until 15 December. When production finally began, the still house was without doors and windows. Under the watchful eye of the distillery's manager, John Smith, the first spirit was run off in a violent snow storm with the distillery men working in overcoats and mufflers to protect them from the elements. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edderton Railway Station
Edderton railway station served the village of Edderton, Highland, Scotland from 1864 to 1960 on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway. History The station opened on 1 October 1864 by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR) was a railway company in Scotland, created to connect other railways and complete the route between Inverness and Aberdeen. The Inverness and Nairn Railway had opened to the public on 7 Novem .... The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 June 1960. The former station building, now a private residence, can be seen on the approach to the Balblair distillery. References External links Disused railway stations in Ross and Cromarty Former Highland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 1864 establishments in Scotland 1960 disestablishments in Scotland {{Highland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmenach Distillery
Balmenach distillery was established in 1824 by James McGregor, from a family of farmers and illicit distillers who resided in Tomintoul. History Situated in the district of Cromdale on the banks of the River Spey the distillery stands in beneath the nearby hill of Tom Lethendry where the Jacobites were defeated in the Battle of Cromdale in 1690. Balmenach Distillery is one of the earliest distilleries sanctioned as a result of the Excise Act 1823. In 1897 the distillery was purchased by GlenlivetAtterbury, Paul (2009). ''All Change!'' Basingstoke : AA Publishing. . p. 240. and was served by its own railway branch off the Strathspey Railway until 1969. The distillery closed in 1941 and re-opened in 1947, following expansion of its facilities. The Distillery is owned by Inver House Distillers Limited, a privately owned distiller whose other distilleries include: Speyburn-Glenlivet Distillery; Knockdhu Distillery; Balblair Distillery; and, Old Pulteney Distillery. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distilleries In Scotland
Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heating of solid materials to produce gaseous products (which may condense into liquids or solids); this may involve chemical changes such as destructive distillation or cracking. Distillation may result in essentially complete separation (resulting in nearly pure components), or it may be a partial separation that increases the concentration of selected components; in either case, the process exploits differences in the relative volatility of the mixture's components. In industrial applications, distillation is a unit operation of practically universal importance, but is a physical separation process, not a chemical reaction. An installation used for distillation, especially of distilled beverages, is a distillery. Distillation includes the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, which are typically made of charred white oak. Uncharred white oak casks previously used for the aging of sherry are also sometimes used. Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many classes and types. The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels. Etymology The word ''whisky'' (or ''whiskey'') is an anglicisation of the Classical Gaelic word (or ) meaning "water" (now written as in Modern Irish, and in Scottish Gaelic). This Gaelic word shares its ultimate origins with Germanic ''water'' and Slavic ''voda'' of the same meaning. Distilled alcohol was known in Latin as ("water of life"). This was translated into Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angels' Share
''The Angels' Share'' is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Ken Loach and starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, and William Ruane. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, it tells the story of a young father who narrowly avoids a prison sentence. He is determined to turn over a new leaf and when he and his friends from the same community payback group visit a whisky distillery, a route to a new life becomes apparent. The title is from "the angels' share", a term for the portion (share) of a whisky's volume that is lost to evaporation during aging in oak barrels. Plot In the opening scenes, the protagonists are sentenced to hours of community payback. During his first community payback session, Robbie (Paul Brannigan), under the guidance of Harry (John Henshaw), is interrupted and taken to the hospital by Harry as his girlfriend, Leonie (Siobhan Reilly), has gone into labour. At the hospital, Robbie is assaulted by two of his girlfriend's uncles and her dad (Gilbert Martin) before he can see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
