Glenburgie distillery

Glenburgie distillery

The building of the 2004-renovated Glenburgie distillery
Region: Speyside
Location	Alves, Moray, Scotland
Owner	Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard)
Founded	1810
Status	Operational
No. of stills	3 wash (11,750 L),[1] 3 spirit (15,000 L)
Capacity	4,200,000 litres of pure alcohol per year
Mothballed	1870 to 1878, 1927 to 1935, 2000 - 2004

Glenburgie distillery, (also known as Glenburgie-Glenlivet, Glen Burgie or Glenburry) is Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located near Alves, Moray, Scotland.

There are mentions of a distillery being founded as early as 1810, then known as Kilnflat.^[2] It wasn't until 1829 that official records for the distillery show up. After running into financial difficulty, the distillery closed in 1870^[3] before being renamed Glenburgie in 1871.^[2] It re-opened in 1878, under Charles Kay.^[3] There were ownership changes and around 1880 it came into the possession of Alex Fraser and Company.^[4] It was then incorporated in 1895. This situation lasted 30 years; it was liquidated in 1925, and then was closed again between 1927 and 1935.^[3]

Around that time the distillery was run by Margaret Nichol, considered the first female manager of any whisky distillery. The distillery was sold to Hiram Walker in 1936.^[2][5]

In a new rejuvenation in 1958, two Lomond stills were installed, alongside the existing stills.^[3] The whisky distilled in these stills was kept separate from the rest of the whisky produced by the distillery, and sold under the name Glencraig.^[3] Production continued up until 1981 when the experiment with Lomond stills was abandoned, and the stills were replaced with regular stills. In 1987, Allied Lyons buys Hiram Walker.^[3]

In 2000, production stopped entirely at Glenburgie. The distillery was completely rebuilt in 2003-2004, only retaining the stills from the old distillery.^[3]

In 2005, Pernod Ricard acquired Allied Domecq, owners of Glenburgie distillery, adding it to the company Chivas Brothers subsidiary .^[6] Soon after, in 2006 another two stills were added, bringing the total production capacity to 4,200,000 litres of pure alcohol per year.^[3]

The distillery is located on an estate at the Mill Buie hills near Kinloss.^[2]

Most of the whisky distilled at Glenburgie is used for blends, most importantly Ballantine's, but also Old Smuggler.

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