GLENBURGIE
| Distillery Opened | Capacity | Malting Floor | Washback Type | Number of Washbacks | Number of Wash Stills | Number of Spirit Stills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 | 4.2 million litres | Dismissed in 1958 | Stainless Steel | 12 | 3 | 3 |
The Glenburgie distillery was founded in 1810 by William Paul with another name which was Kilnflat.
The Glenburgie distillery is located in Speyside and for the production of its whisky Glenburgie distillery uses the water of local springs of Speyside area.
Until 1958 the Glenburgie distillery used its floor malting but today the Glenburgie distillery buys the malt form an industrial site.
The whisky of Glenburgie distillery matured in four dunnage, two racked and two palletised warehouses and the majority of the production is filled in bourbon casks.
For slightly more than two decades a couple of very special stills were operative at Glenburgie distillery.
Instead of the traditional swan neck, the so called Lomond stills had columns with a number of plates inside.
The plates were adjustable and the thinking was to able to produce different kinds of newmake from the same still.
The idea however, was short-lived, but the whisky that the Lomond stills produced got its own name, Glencraig, named after the former product director of Ballantines, william craig.
- 1810 William paul founds Kilnflat distillery and the production started in 1829.
- 1870 Kilnflat distillery closed.
- 1878 The distillery reopened under the name Glenburgie-Glenlivet, charles hay was licensee.
- 1927 James & George Stodart Ltd bought the Glenburgie distillery which by this time was inactive.
- 1936 Hiram Walker bought Glenburgie distillery in October and production restarted.
- 1958 Lomond stills are installed producing a signle malt, Glencraig. Floor malting ceased.
- 1981 The Lomond stils were repleaced by conventional stills.
- 2002 A 15 year old was released.
- 2004 Refurbishment and reconstruction took place in Glenburgie distillery.
- 2005 Chiavas Brothers became the new owner through the acquisition of Allied Domecq.
- 2006 The number of stills were increased.
The Glenburgie distillery is equipped with a 7.5 ton full lauter mash tun, 12 stainless steel washabcks and three pairs of stills.
Both of the stills have the typical Speyside shape and tall narrowing necks and a spherical lids.
The core range of Glenburgie distillery consist of:
- 17 yo
