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Lochy Bridge
PH33 6TJ
Fort William
Scotland
Phone: +44 (0) 1397 700 200
Fax: +44 (0) 1397 702768
Website
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Contact Person: John Carmichael
Ben Nevis is Gaelic for ”cloudy mountain” refering to Britains
highest mountain (1343 metres). The mountain not only attracts visitors it serves
the distillery, situated by its foot, with pure spring water. The current owner, the Nikka Whisky Distilling
Company of Japan
reopened the distillery in 1990 and have pledged themselves to maintain the
quality and excellence set by the founder John Macdonald. A large part of the
production is sold blended, particularly to Japan.
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Information about the tour at Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tour in short: Incorporated within Ben Nevis Distillery is The Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis Visitor Centre,
built into an old warehouse dating from 1862 and former bottling hall, which still retains some of its
original features. You will encounter the mythical giant Hector McDram who will reveal the Legend of
the Dew of Ben Nevis in a specially commissioned audio visual presentation. After your experience with Hector, a conducted tour of the production areas by a trained guide concludes
with a complementary 'tasting'.
Information for visiting Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Travel Directions: The distillery is situated next to the A82 about two miles north of Fort William on the right hand side heading for Inverness.
Opening Hours: All year. Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. Easter to September - Saturday 10am - 4pm. July to August- Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm. Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm
Tour Times: Half hourly or hourly.
Price admission: Adult: £4.00 redeemable in shop. Child: £2.00.
Shop: Shop with whiskies, books, clothes, glasses and more.
Restaurant: Cafe with scones and light lunches.
Parking: Free parking in front of distillery.
Groups: By appointement.
Photography in distillery: Yes.
Foreign visitor support: Leaflets tin Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Gaelic.
Disabled access: Good to the visitor centre but not to the distillery.
Off season opening hours: October to Easter - Saturday, Sunday, and Evening by arrangement
Things of interest regarding Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Restaurants nearby: Fort William have plenty of restaurants.
Things of interest: Fort William nearby with the Scotch Whisky shop, the Scottish Crafts and Whisky centre and MacLennan's Whisky Centre on the Main Street.
Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, sits majestically at the head of
Loch Linnhe, its presence dominating the landscape from all corners of
Fort William and some parts of Lochaber.
Bed & breakfast and hotels nearby: Many hotels and bed and breakfasts in and around Fort William.
The whisky from Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tasting notes: Ben Nevis (10 years 46%) Fullbodied, soft
oils, toffee, honey and fruit.
The production at Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Malt and malting: Independent maltsters, lightly smoked.
Distilling and the stills: Washstills: 2,
25.000 litres. Spiritstills: 2.
Watersource: Allt a Mhuilin Burn that flow
of Ben Nevis. The water is considered hard.
Barrels and casks: Sherry and bourbon.
Bond and Warehousing: On site, 6 traditional dunnage warehouses.
Mashing and fermentation: Mashtun: Stainless steel, 9 ton. Washbacks: 6, stainless steel.
Production: Capacity of 3 million litres a year.
Distillery manager: Colin Ross
Owner: Ben Nevis Distillery Nikka Corporation.
The history of Ben Nevis Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
History of the distillery: Founded: 1825
av ‘Long John’ MacDonald. The distillery
was succesfull in its early days. When the founder “Long” John Macdonald died
in 1865, his son Donald MacDonald took over. A year later he reports that 51
people are employed with a total wage bill of £32 weekly. To meet demand he
built another distillery in 1878 he called Glen Nevis. This structure is used
today as warehouse. By 1887 the production was 2000 gallons a week, ten times
the amount fifty years earlier. After more than 100 years and 3 generations of
Macdonald the distillery was sold to Joseph Hobbs in 1941. In 1978 production
stopped and years of uncertainty followed. In 1981 Ben
Nevis was accuired by the Long John International (part of the
Spirits Division of Whitbread). By demand they started production again in 1984
only to stop 2 years later.
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