History
In 1825 a few farmers founded a small distillery called Glenforres. This served as a cooperative, to cover the whiskey's own needs. Edradour was first mentioned in 1837, although one is not sure if this is really Glenforre's predecessor.
The cooperative, which was converted into John McClashan & Co. in 1841, was bought in 1886 by the American company J.G. Turney & Sons. Their subsidiary William Whitley & Co. Ltd. became a separate company again in 1933 and renamed the distillery to Gelnforres-Glenlivet.
Campbell Distilleries took over in 1982 the company William Whitley & Co. Ltd, in the meantime also took place the name change in> Edradour <.
Since July 22, 2002, the distillery Andrew Symington owned by Signatory.
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Meaning of the name |
Between two streams / waters |
Whisky-Region |
Highland |
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Pronunciation |
Edra-dauer |
Status |
In operation |
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Owner |
Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co. Ltd ( Andrew Symington) |
Capacity per year |
ca. 125.000 Liter ( davon ca. 20% getorft)
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Address |
Edradour Distillery Pitlochry PH16 5JP |
Style of the house |
Not peated: creamy, malty, light, mint, nuts, soft peated: soft, round, sweet, dark chocolate, peat smoke |
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Contact |
www.edradour.com +44 (0)1796472095 |
Founding year |
1825 |
Production
Apart from the electrification in 1947, not much has changed since the founding of the Edradour Distillery. It still looks like a farm distillery today and is run by only three employees.
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1 mash tun |
made of cast iron plates, without lid |
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2 wash backs |
small, made of Douglas fir wood |
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1 wash stills |
Shape of a small onion |
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1 spirit stills |
stocky, short neck with ball-shaped bulge |
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Tubecondensers |
Going outside, with spiral tubes at the end (worm tubes) |
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Number of distillation operations |
2 |
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Water source |
Mhoulin Moor |
Available from us:
Edradour 12 years Caledonia Selection - Highland Single Malt Whisky
Edradour 10 years 0,2l - Highland Scotch Whisky
Edradour Whisky 10 years 0,05 miniature original bottling
