Dailuaine distillery (, , "Green Meadow") is a
single malt whisky
Single malt whisky is malt whisky from a single Distillation, distillery.
Single malts are typically associated with single malt Scotch, though they are also produced in various other countries. Under the United Kingdom's Scotch Whisky Regulat ...
distillery in
Charlestown-of-Aberlour,
Strathspey,
Scotland
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History
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.
*1863 Branch line opened to the distillery from Carron station on the Strathspey Railway, 1.25 miles long.
*1884 Dailuaine is renovated and enlarged.
*1891 Dailuaine-Glenlivet Distillery Ltd. was founded. In 1898, Dailuaine-Glenlivet and Talisker Distillery Ltd. are fused to Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd.
*1899
Charles C. Doig designs a new distillery with a pagoda like roof that becomes the standard design for Scottish distilleries.
*1915 Thomas Mackenzie died and the company was sold to John Dewar & Sons, John Walker & Sons and James Buchanan & Co. one year later.
*1917 a fire destroyed the pagoda-roof. The distillery had to close, reopened three years later and was bought by
Distillers Company Limited (DCL) in 1925.
*1960 the Distillery is completely renovated and is enlarged from four to six stills. Since 1983 the malt is no longer produced inhouse.
*1939 New 0-4-0ST loco purchased from the Caledonia Works of Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd., Kilmarnock (AB2073/1939) to work the branch to the mainline at Carron. Loco named after the distillery, DAILUAINE.
*1987 Dailuaine was taken over by
United Distillers
United Distillers was a Scottish company formed in 1987 from combining the businesses of Distillers Company and Arthur Bell & Sons, both owned by Guinness. The company owned six single malt Scotch brands, which were relaunched as the ''Classic ...
(UD).
See also
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Speyside single malt
Speyside single malts are single malt Scotch whisky, whiskies, distilled in Strathspey, Scotland, Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland.
The two best-selling single malt whiski ...
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Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from Fermentation in food processing, fermented grain mashing, mash. Various grains (which may be Malting, malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, Maize, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky ...
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Scotch whisky
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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 beverage, distilled alcoholic beverage made from Fermentation (food), fermented grain mashing, mash. Different grains are used for ...
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List of distilleries in Scotland
This is an incomplete list of whisky distilleries in Scotland. According to the Scotch Whisky Association there were 151 distilleries licensed to produce Scotch whisky as of May 2024.
Currently operating distilleries
Malt whisky distillerie ...
References
External links
Dailuaine Distillery
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Distilleries in Scotland
Speyside area distilleries
Scottish malt whisky
Food and drink companies established in 1852
1852 establishments in Scotland
Aberlour