Facts about this distillery
Established
1821
Owner
Diageo
Annual Capacity
2,500,000 Litres
Region
Speyside
Number of Stills
Six pot stills – three wash, three spirit
Website
N/A
Linkwood Distillery. The lesser-known Speyside Scotch.
Speyside is home to numerous supreme single malt Scotches. In Speyside alone, some of these distilleries remain unheard of among the masses, even among the whisky-lover masses. The crisp, zesty, Linkwood, is one of them.
The Elgin-based distillery was built in 1821 by Peter Brown, and originally held just two stills. It commenced production in 1825. James Walker managed the distillery on Brown’s behalf. In 1868, Brown’s son William inherited the distillery – who demolished the entire distillery in 1872, in order to rebuild, modernise and enlargen it.
Linkwood is linked to Diageo.
The Brown family owned Linkwood until 1897. They established a limited company – Linkwood-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. in 1902. The company was sold to Scottish Malt Distillers, which was bought by The Distillers Company (DCL), now Diageo.
During a brief hiatus in the Second World War, electricity was installed, replacing the steam engine and water wheel that were used to power the distillery.
In 1971, Linkwood B, a sister distillery, was built alongside the first. Steam heated stills were built in both distilleries. The two sites produced around 2.5 million litres per year.
From bottlings to blends.
The distillery briefly closed between 1985 and 1990. In 2008, Diageo resumed full production. Today, the key focus for the distillery is to produce malt for Diageo’s numerous blended whiskies.
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