Glen Spey Whisky

Glen Spey Speyside Whisky

James Stuart a local corn merchant with distilling interests in the Macallan distillery at Craigellachie established the Glen Spey distillery in 1885.
He appears to have built a distilling utility on to his oatmeal mill called Mills of Rothes and this developed to become the fully-fledged Glen Spey distillery.
The Glen Spey distillery was sold to W&A Gilbey Company Gin Distillers of London in 1887. This was the first time a non-Scottish company had acquired ownership of a Scotch distillery and is an indication to the extent to which whisky was becoming regarded as an important product. 

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Owner:                            Region/district:                       

Diageo                             Speyside

Founded:    Status:          Capacity:

1878            Active           1 400 000 litres

Address: Rothes, Morayshire AB38 7AU

Tel:                         website:

01340 831215           www.malts.com

History:

1878 – James Stuart & Co. founds the distillery which becomes known by the name Mill of Rothes.

1886 – James Stuart buys Macallan.

1887 – W. & A. Gilbey buys the distillery for £11,000  thus becoming the first English company to buy a Scottish malt distillery.

1920 – A fire breaks out.

1962 – W. & A. Gilbey combines forces with United Wine Traders and forms International Distillers & Vintners (IDV).

1970 – The stills are increased from two to four.

1972 – IDV is bought by Watney Mann who is then acquired by Grand Metropolitan.

1997 – Guiness and Grand Metropolitan merge to form Diageo.

2001 – A 12 year old is launched in the Flora & Fauna series.

2010 – A 21 year old is released as part of the Special Releases and a 1996 Manager´s Choice single cask is launched.

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