Distilleries · Scottish Highlands
The Speyside Distillery
The Speyside 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)
- Nearest railway station
- Kingussie · 3.1 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
The Speyside Distillery is a working distillery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1990. Wikidata describes it as: "Whisky/spirit distillery.". Coordinates: 57.0727°, -4.0024°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Speyside distillery was a Scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie. It produced SPEY and Beinn Dubh single malts, and Byron's Gin. It closed following a change in leaseholder, and construction of Glen Tromie distillery is ongoing on the former Speyside distillery site.
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Background
History
The distillery was originally the site of an old barley mill built in the 1760s. Purchased in 1962 by George Christie, it was slowly converted by Christie and a stonemason called Alex Fairlie over the next 2 decades. The distillery buildings were finished in 1987. It took another three years until whisky production started in 1990. Two copper pot stills of traditional shape were installed. Because large-scale production was never one of Christie's objectives, they have since remained some of the smallest in Scotland. The Glenspey mash tun was the last fitted by Newmill Engineering before they closed down. Harvey's of Edinburgh took on ownership of the distillery in 2012. The company…
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- Coordinates
- 57.0727, -4.0024
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- PH21 1NS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- Established
- 1990
- Nearest railway station
- Kingussie — 3.1 km
- Official site
- speysidedistillery.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w397938138 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Speyside distillery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Distillery Still.tif (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Speyside Distillery?
- The Speyside Distillery is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PH21 1NS).
- When was The Speyside Distillery built?
- Built or established in 1990.
- Who owns The Speyside Distillery?
- The Speyside Distillery is owned by Harvey's of Edinburgh.
- How do I get to The Speyside Distillery?
- The nearest railway station is Kingussie, about 3.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PH21 1NS.