Facts about this distillery
Established
1812
Owner
John Dewar & Sons Ltd.
Annual Capacity
3,500,000 Litres
Region
Highland
Number of Stills
Four pot stills – 2 wash, 2 spirit
Royal Brackla Distillery. The single malt Scotch that’s fit for a king.
This single malt Highland Scotch is intwined in royalty. The distillery was built in 1812 by Captain William Fraser of Brackla House on the estate of Cawdor Castle. The castle is remembered for its literary connection to none other than William Shakespeare.
Captain William Fraser invested in a licence for his Royal Brackla distillery – he believed a license would put a stop to the illegal distillers of the time. His whisky was a cut above and licensed to be so. The Brackla Distillery and warehouse, at this time, occupied a site of over 13 royal acres.
The distillery with a royal stamp of approval.
In 1833 the Royal Brackla became the first whisky distillery to be granted a royal warrant by King William IV.
Royal Brackla is regarded as one of the best Highland malt whiskies in the market. And for further proof of its quality – the demand has been (for many years) more than the supply.
Arise, Sir John Dewar.
Today, the distillery is owned by John Dewar & Sons Ltd. A distillery that produces nearly 4 million litres of spirit per annum. Royal Brakla was mainly used for blends. But in 2015, John Dewar’s parent company, Bacardi, decided to release a series of exceptionally rare
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