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The Glenfiddich distillery produces Glenfiddich whisky in Dufftown, Moray. Glenfiddich is a single malt Scotch whisky, this means the whisky was distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process and must be made from a mash of malted barley. Onsite there are 43 distinctively-shaped "swan neck" copper pot stills.
[5] [2] As of 2019, Glenfiddich was the largest selling single malt scotch whisky by volume, while both Glenfiddich and Balvenie were amongst the top 10 single malt whiskies in the global market by sales. [3] [1] He was also a pioneer of whisky tourism, with his setting up of the first visitor centre for Glennfiddich Distillery in Dufftown in
The Glenfiddich distillery is owned by William Grant & Sons, Dufftown's largest employer. This proliferation puts it on the famed Malt Whisky Trail, [16] which also includes Keith, Glen Grant Distillery, Marypark, and Tomintoul. The town has a small whisky history museum and heritage centre, which is currently undergoing restoration, as the ...
It is the largest of the handful of Scotch whisky distillers remaining in family ownership. [3] The company is the third largest producer of Scotch whisky (8% market share), shipping about 7.6 million cases per year, with brands including Glenfiddich and Balvenie. [4] [5] The first and second largest, respectively, are Diageo (34.4%), and ...
The two best-selling single malt whiskies in the world, The Glenlivet and Glenfiddich, come from Speyside. Strathspey has the greatest number of distilleries of any of the whisky-producing areas of Scotland. [1] Dufftown alone has six working distilleries with an annual capacity of 40.4 million litres of spirit. [2]
Aerial view of the snow covered new distillery and visitor centre. In 2018 Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor center opened. It was designed by architect Norman Foster and featured modern architecture alongside a deep integration into the history and craftsmanship of the distillery. [15]
Bladnoch distillery was founded by John and Thomas McClelland in 1817 [2] and during the period 1823 - 1826 produced 28,956 imperial gallons (131,640 L) of whisky, an average of 7,239 imperial gallons (32,910 L) per annum, and in the year 1826 - 1827 this had risen to 9,792 imperial gallons (44,520 L).
In 2011, the 40-year-old 46% vol. expression was named "Scotch Whisky Single Malt of the Year" in the 17th Annual Malt Advocate [5] Whisky Awards. In May 2022, thieves broke into the distillery's visitor center and stole more than £100,000 worth of whisky. [6] On 3 August 2021, the distillery was given approval to construct two whisky ...