Adelphi distillery was a
Scotch whisky distillery, which was founded in 1826 in
Glasgow
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and closed in 1907. The name was revived in 1993, for an
independent bottler of Scotch whisky.
Adelphi distillery
The Adelphi Distillery was founded in 1826 by brothers Charles and David Gray. It was sited just south of the
Victoria Bridge, at the edge of the
Gorbals
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area of Glasgow. The distillery was operated by the Gray family until 1880, when it was acquired by Messrs A. Walker and Co, a company who already owned large distilleries in
Limerick
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and
Liverpool
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. The Walkers invested in the distillery and added a
Coffey still Coffey may refer to:
People
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with which to distil grain spirit. By 1886, there were four
pot still
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s and the Coffey still in full production. The distillery had an output of of pure
alcohol
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per year. The Adelphi distillery was purchased by
Distillers Company
The Distillers Company plc was a leading Scotch whisky company and, at one time, a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It was taken over in 1986 by Guinness & Co. and is now part of Diageo.
History
The Distillers Company origins lie in a trade ...
(DCL) in 1902, and by 1907 distilling had been stopped completely. The buildings of the distillery were demolished between 1968 and 1970, and the chimney was dismantled in 1971.
Independent bottler
The great-grandson of one of the distillery's founders, Jamie Walker, established the modern day Adelphi independent bottler in 1993, selling the company to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston in 2004.
[Adelphi Distillery Ltd about us page (http://www.adelphidistillery.com/about )] Whiskies are selected by a nosing team chaired by whisky critic Charles MacLean.
Ardnamurhcan Distillery
Ardnamurchan distillery is a Scotch whisky
distillery
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owned by Adelphi on the
Ardnamurchan
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peninsula of
Lochaber
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in the
Highlands
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,
Scotland
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.
See also
*
List of historic whisky distilleries
References
External links
Adelphi official website.
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Distilleries in Scotland
Scottish malt whisky
Gorbals
Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland