Speyside Distillery
Speyside Distillery, A small, hand-built, artisan distillery nestled amongst the foothills of the beautiful Cairngorm Mountains, still hand distilling in time-honoured traditions and widely acknowledged to be amongst the prettiest of all Scotland's distilleries. Originally a barley mill and croft dating back to the 1700's, it closed in 1965 and over the next 25 years it was slowly and lovingly converted into a private single malt distillery by George Christie, and started producing spirit in December 1990.The Christie family's first connection with the Kingussie area when George Christie purchased Old Milton House and the land on which the distillery now stands by the River Tromie. It was only after owning the property for a decade that Christie found out that Old Milton used to be the home of John MacPherson Grant, managing director of the original Speyside distillery which operated from 1895 until 1911 in the centre of Kingussie ( located by the Gynack Burn ) The distillery draws it's water from the Spey River tributary -The River Tromie using the old mill lade. The lade originally powered the waterwheel for the barley mill. The mill workings are still in existence.The distillery itself was hand-built by a stone mason Alex Fairlie using local stones and the full distillery production is housed under one roof.The distillery is also known as 'Lagganmore' from BBC TV's Monarch of the Glen series from 2001. The distillery is still under private ownership and is not open to the public. Anyone wishing to visit should make enquiries in advance.
Speyside Distillery
Speyside Distillery, A small, hand-built, artisan distillery nestled amongst the foothills of the beautiful Cairngorm Mountains, still hand distilling in time-honoured traditions and widely acknowledged to be amongst the prettiest of all Scotland's distilleries. Originally a barley mill and croft dating back to the 1700's, it closed in 1965 and over the next 25 years it was slowly and lovingly converted into a private single malt distillery by George Christie, and started producing spirit in December 1990.The Christie family's first connection with the Kingussie area when George Christie purchased Old Milton House and the land on which the distillery now stands by the River Tromie. It was only after owning the property for a decade that Christie found out that Old Milton used to be the home of John MacPherson Grant, managing director of the original Speyside distillery which operated from 1895 until 1911 in the centre of Kingussie ( located by the Gynack Burn ) The distillery draws it's water from the Spey River tributary -The River Tromie using the old mill lade. The lade originally powered the waterwheel for the barley mill. The mill workings are still in existence.The distillery itself was hand-built by a stone mason Alex Fairlie using local stones and the full distillery production is housed under one roof.The distillery is also known as 'Lagganmore' from BBC TV's Monarch of the Glen series from 2001. The distillery is still under private ownership and is not open to the public. Anyone wishing to visit should make enquiries in advance.
