The history
The Glencadam Distillery was founded in 1825 by George Cooper. Two years later he sold it to David Scott because of financial problems. Other changes of ownership followed, but these have not been documented accurately enough.
The Glencadam Distillery Company bought the distillery in 1857 and the company became the property of Gilmour Thomson & Co. in 1891 - a blending company based in Edinburgh.
When Glencadam changed ownership with Hiram Walker in 1954, their management passed to their Scottish subsidiary George Ballantine & Co.
Again, the distillery was taken over when Hiram Walker sold his entire liquor store to the later Allied Domecq. The company Stewart & Sons. from Dundee received the order from Allied Domecq to run the distillery.
Due to overflowing warehouses Glencadam was shut down in the year 2000. At the end of 2003, it resumed operations after Angus Dundee Distillers plc became the new owner.
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Meaning of the name |
Valley of the wild goose |
Whisky region |
Highland |
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Pronunciation |
Glen Cadam |
Status |
In operation |
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Owner |
Angus Dundee Distillers plc
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Capacity per year |
ca. 1.250.000 Liter |
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Address |
Glencadam Distillery Brechin DD9 7PA |
Style of the house |
hints of honey, nutty, a hint of smoke, sweetish, creamy |
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Contact |
Www.glencadamwhisky.com +44 (0)1356622217 |
Founding year |
1825 |
The production
Glencadam's malts are mainly used for the blends of the brands >Ballantine's< and >Teacher's Highland Cream<.
The distillery owns its own state-of-the-art blending department for blending malt and grain whiskeys on its premises.
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1 mash tun |
made of cast iron plates, with stainless steel lid |
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6 wash backs |
made of stainless steel |
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1 wash stills |
small, onion-shaped |
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1 spirit stills |
small, onion-shaped |
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Tube condensers |
outside the house |
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Number of distillation operations |
2 |
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Water source |
Loch Lee |
The storage
The storage and maturation of the malts is bottled in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, in the warehouses with storage racks.
