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Glenturret Distillery

Bedeutung
EN: Valley of the River Turret · DE: Tal des Turret
Region
Highlands
Location
Crieff, Perthshire
Founded
1775 by Whisky Smugglers (as Hosh) John Drummond (1821, as Glenturret)
Owner
Art & Terroir
Status
Aktiv
Capacity
250.000 LPA
Glenturret Distillery

Notes

Probably the oldest working distillery in Scotland
The spiritual home of (and main ingredient in) Famous Grouse
More visitors than any other distillery in Scotland
The mash is still turned manually by wooden spades
Towser, the distillery cat from 1963 to 1987 caught 28,899 mice, earning her a place in the Guinness Book of Records
80% of the single malt is sold in the distillery shop

Karte

Standort: Crieff, Perthshire