Distilleries · Scottish Highlands
Tamdhu distillery
Tamdhu distillery — Whisky/spirit distillery.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Tamdhu distillery is a working distillery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1897. Wikidata describes it as: "Whisky/spirit distillery.". Coordinates: 57.4590°, -3.3534°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Tamdhu distillery is a single malt Scotch Speyside whisky distillery, located in the village of Knockando in Moray, Scotland. Tamdhu comes from Gaelic for "little dark hill".
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Background
History
The distillery was founded in 1896 by a group of assemblers, wishing to engage in the production of their own whisky. The first malt whisky was distilled and casked in 1897. It quickly passed on into the hands of Highland Distillers. The history of the distillery was fairly quiet, without changing owners, but still marked by a long dormancy between 1927 and 1947. Its production capacity was tripled between 1972 and 1975. The distillery has now 3 wash stills and 3 spirit stills. Its annual production of pure alcohol is 4 million gallons. Unlike its neighbours, the Tamdhu distillery has no roof-shaped pagoda above its malt furnaces. This is one of the last distilleries to malt all of its…
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- Coordinates
- 57.4590, -3.3534
- District
- Moray
- Postcode
- AB38 7RU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- Established
- 1897
Sources
- osm: w125021860 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tamdhu distillery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tamdhu Entrance - geograph.org.uk - 1070533.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tamdhu distillery?
- Tamdhu distillery is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB38 7RU).
- When was Tamdhu distillery built?
- Built or established in 1897.
- Who owns Tamdhu distillery?
- Tamdhu distillery is owned by Ian Macleod Distillers{{sfn|BBC News|2011|loc=29 June}}.
- How do I get to Tamdhu distillery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode AB38 7RU. It sits within the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey parliamentary constituency.