Spirits · Dalwhinnie, Scotland
Dalwhinnie Distillery
One of Scotland's highest distilleries, making gentle Highland single malt.
- Founded
- 1897
- Founded by
- George Sellar, John Grant, Alexander Mackenzie
- Based in
- Dalwhinnie, Scotland
Making it since
1897
Their story
Dalwhinnie sits high in the Cairngorms National Park, in a Highland village of the same name. At 326 meters above sea level, it is often called Scotland's highest distillery, and its water comes from the Allt-an-t'sluic spring even further up the hills.
George Sellar, John Grant and Alexander Mackenzie built it in 1897 under the name Strathspey, and it took the Dalwhinnie name a year later. The early years were rocky: it changed hands several times, went into administration in 1905, and joined the Distillers Company in 1926.
A fire shut it for several years in the 1930s, and it closed again in the early 1990s for a refit. Today it belongs to Diageo and was one of the six original Classic Malts chosen in 1988.
How it's made
Dalwhinnie draws its water from the Allt-an-t'sluic spring, about 610 meters up, which is said to be the highest water source of any Scotch distillery. It runs a compact operation with just two stills.
Why we carry them
We often point people new to Scotch toward Dalwhinnie, since it is smooth, lightly sweet and an easy first step into single malt.
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