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Craigellachie Scotch Whisky Distillery

Craigellachie Distillery, Craigellachie, Aberlour, Banffshire, AB38 9ST
Tel: +44 (0)1340 872970 Fax: +44 (0)1340 881311

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Craigellachie Distillery General Information

Current Owners	John Dewar & Sons Ltd
Location	Speyside
Water source	A spring on Little Conval hill.
Stills	2 x wash stills and 2 x spirit stills.
Capacity per year	2,700,000 Litres
Status	Active/Producing

Craigellachie Distillery History

1891	Craigellachie Distillery Co Ltd (group of merchants & blenders including Alexander Edward)
1898	Production commences
1916	The Craigellachie distillery was bought by Mackie & Co (Distillers) Ltd – producers of White Horse Blended whisky
1924	Mackie and Company changed name to White Horse Distillers
1927	Whiste Horse Distillers were bought over by Distillery Company Limited (Distiller Company Ltd (DCL))
1930	Transfered to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) which was a subsidiary of Distiller Company Ltd (DCL)
1964	Craigellachie distillery was reconstructed and stills were increased from 2 - 4
1998	Ownership changed after UDV sold John Dewar & Sons to Bacardi Martini.
2004	First official bottling of Craigellachie 14yo Single Malt is launched by the new owners