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Dalmore Distillery
IV17 0UT
Alness
Ross-shire
Scotland
Phone: +44 (0) 1349 882362
Website
The distillery is beatifully
located in Victorian stone buildings right by the shore of the bay at Cromarty
Firth north of Inverness, allowing a great view over The Black Isle and
occasional impressive oil platforms that come in for repairwork. The Black Isle
is fact not and island but a peninsula.
During the WW1 the warehouses was requisitioned to
manufacture mines and all the whisky was moved with not a single barrel missing
when returned. Some of the old stills has survived and is still in use today
with their unusual outline, with flat tops and cooling system made of running
water over the outside of the stillnecks. For
over 160 years, the distillery has produced malts of great distinction, some
100,000 casks can be found on site with the oldest one from the 1939
distillation.
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Information about the tour at Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tour in short:
Information for visiting Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Travel Directions: Turn on the B817 from A9 and head for Alness. You come to a T-junction - turn left for Invergordon. Dalmore is on the right by the sea. Go down a winding drive until you reach the shore of the Cromarty Firth and the distillery is on the left.
Opening Hours: Visitor centre open all year. Mon - Fri 10-17.
Tour Times: Guided tours as arranged by appointement.
Price admission: Free.
Shop: Yes, with a range of Dalmore malts, glasses and more
Restaurant: No. Nice place for a picnic though.
Parking: Free parking.
Groups: By appointement.
Photography in distillery: Yes, in designated areas.
Disabled access: The warehouse, stillroom and milling room as well as the visitor centre is accessible.
Things of interest regarding Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
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The whisky from Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Tasting notes: Dalmore (12 yo 40%) Rich with and
malty with fragrances of orange and spiced notes with sherry, wood and vanilla.
The production at Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
Malt and malting: Baird’s Maltings in Inverness.
Distilling and the stills: Washstills: 4. Spiritstills: 4, narrow necks with flat
tops where the lyne arm lead off. One with watercooling system on the neck that
increases reflux hence give a lighter spirit.
Watersource: River Alness which flows from
the beautiful Loch of Kildermorie, close to Ben Wyvis.
Barrels and casks: Bourbon and sherry.
Bond and Warehousing: 10 traditional warehouses on site.
Mashing and fermentation: Mashtun: Stainless steel, 9,2 tons. Washbacks: 8, Oregon Pine.
Production: 4 million litres.
Distillery manager: Drew Sinclair.
Owner: Whyte & McKay.
The history of Dalmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery
History of the distillery: Founded in 1839 on the farm of
Alexander Matheson the still was installed legally like many others following 1823
Act, which made distilling viable. He leased it out to two families before the Mackenzie
family got the lease in 1867 and later took ownership in 1886. The Mackenzie’s
retained it for over 80 years until 1960 when it was bought by the Glasgow
based Whyte & Mackay Group. The Mackenzie crest, the twelve-pointed stag, is
still featured on the label. Like many other distilleries a single railway line
together with steamers supplied the destillery with peat and barley in the old
days.
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