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Tomintoul Distillery

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Tomintoul Distillery — Whisky/spirit distillery.

Tomintoul Distillery, distilleries in Scottish Highlands

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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

Tomintoul Distillery is a working distillery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1964. Wikidata describes it as: "Whisky/spirit distillery.". Coordinates: 57.3113°, -3.4149°.

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From the Wikipedia article

Tomintoul distillery is a distillery in Kirkmichael, between Ballindalloch and Tomintoul in the Speyside region of Scotland, producing malt whisky for blends and bottled as single malts. The distillery was founded in 1964. It doubled in capacity when two extra stills were installed in 1974, and it started bottling single malt whisky that year. It produces a range of single malts of different ages, a peated malt, and a vintage malt. The distillery is owned and operated by Angus Dundee Distillers, PLC, of London, England, which also owns and operates the Glencadam distillery. In 2009 Tomintoul entered the Guinness Book of World Records by producing the largest bottle of whisky in the world, containing 105.3 litres of 14-year-old Tomintoul malt whisky.

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Background

History

It was founded in 1964 by the Glasgow whisky traders Hey & Macleod and W. and S. Strong, which set up a working company, Tomintoul Distillery Ltd. Production, to manage the distillery At its founding the distillery had one wash still and one spirit still. The distillery was bought by Scottish and Universal Investment Trust in 1973 which doubled the production capacity by placing an extra pair of steam heated stills in the next year. That year, the distilleries 10 year anniversary, they also released the first bottling of their malt. Scottish and Universal was sold on to Whyte & Mackay (which was owned by Brent Walker) in 1989. Whyte & Mackay itself was bought by American Brands in 1990, and…

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Coordinates
57.3113, -3.4149
District
Moray
Postcode
AB37 9AQ
Parliamentary constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Established
1964

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Tomintoul Distillery?
Tomintoul Distillery is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB37 9AQ).
When was Tomintoul Distillery built?
Built or established in 1964.
Who owns Tomintoul Distillery?
Tomintoul Distillery is owned by Angus Dundee.
How do I get to Tomintoul Distillery?
Drivers can navigate to postcode AB37 9AQ. It sits within the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey parliamentary constituency.