EN: Valley of the Brambles/Blackberries
DE: Tal der Brombeerhecken

Highlands

Forgue, Aberdeenshire

1826 by Consortium (James Allardies)

Brown-Forman

Active

1.400.000 LPA

Taken over by BenRiach in 2008
A relatively ordinary distillery suddenly became a sherry-based powerhouse
Sales in 2007 were around 20K bottles. In 2009 it went up to around 150K
Last Scottish distillery to fire the stills with coal - until 2005
50% of current production is sold back to Pernod Ricard (the previous owners) for use in their various blends