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Royal Lochnagar Distillery
AB35 5TB
Ballater
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Phone: +44 (0)1339 742273.
With the Windsors as neigbhours Royal Lochnagar Distillery is set in the same beautiful valley with pines. Next to the grey granite distillery buildings is the Low Dam. Founded in 1845
by John Begg the pagoda stand tall over the distillery buildings and the reception. A bit less touristy there's much for the educated visitor, not at least in the shop where many of the bottlings from the distilleries of Diageo can be found. Most of the production at Royal Lochnagar is sold as 12 year old
single malt. On September 12 every year a Lochnagar Special Reserve is bottled
to honour the Queens visit.
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Information about the tour at Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tour in short: A tour aimed at the serious visitor. Guides with depth of knowledge.
Information for visiting Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Travel Directions: Take the B976 signposted for Balmoral from A93 Deeside road. Follow the distillery sign on the right.
Opening Hours: Visitor centre open all year.
Tour Times: Every 20 minutes. Last tour one hour before closing.
Price admission: £ 4 .00. Redeemable in shop.
Shop: Yes, large selection of bottlings from the large group of distilleries owned by Diageo.
Restaurant: No
Parking: Free parking just in front of distillery.
Groups: Groups book ahead.
Photography in distillery: No
Foreign visitor support: Information sheets in different languages.
Disabled access: Most of the distillery is available.
Things of interest regarding Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Restaurants nearby:
Things of interest: Balmoral Castle. Summer residence for the Windsors royal family is just up the road.
Bed & breakfast and hotels nearby:
The whisky from Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tasting notes: Royal Lochnagar(12 yo 40%) Fullbodied, fruity
with sweet notes.
The production at Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Malt and malting: Lightly peated from central maltsters.
Distilling and the stills: Washstills: 1. Spiritstills: 1, wide with thick necks.
Watersource: Local springs below the
mountain Lochnagar.
Barrels and casks: Bourbon and sherry.
Bond and Warehousing: One warehouse on site.
Mashing and fermentation: Mashtun: 1, stainless steel Washbacks: 3, Larch.
Owner: Diageo
The history of Royal Lochnagar Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
History of the distillery: In the early 1800s the area north of the River Dee was
popular among illicit distilleries. Even after the reduced duty of the Excise
Act in 1823, many moonshine distillers considered those who took out licenses
as traitors and rivals. The former illicit distiller James Robertson took out
two licenses and twice his distilleries burnt to the ground in myserious fires.
The first in 1826 and the last in 1841 called Lochnagar, not named after a loch
but the mountain that dominates the countryside. Four years later, John Begg
built a new distillery called New Lochnagar, South of the River Dee close to
the Balmoral castle. The castle is summer residence of the Royal family. After
a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1848 they allowed John to
rename the distillery "Royal Lochnagar", which had an immediate
effect on the sales. However in the late 1800's, most of the whisky was used in
the famous VAT69 blend. The distillery remained in the family and was rebuilt
in 1906. In 1916 the distillery joined the DCL (Distillers Company Ltd) and
subsequently later became part of Diageo. Paraffin lamps were used until 1949
and power came from a waterwheel well into the 1960s. Thus most of the distillery
was totally rebuilt in 1963, although the malt-barn and the kiln from 1906, out
of use since 1966, still stand.
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