Scotland, Speyside: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes
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Dallas Dhu

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The distillery

Dallas Dhu distillerie
Dallas Dhu Distillery
Forres
Morayshire IV36 2RR
+44 1309 676 548
Owner: Historic Scotland
Creation date 1899

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The distillery as been designed by the architect Charles Doig, who is probably the inventor of the pagoda roofs. The building has been financed by the blender Wright & Greig.
The distillery has been purchased by Benmore Distilleries Ltd. The company joined the D.C.L. (Distillers Company Ltd.) in 1929.
A fire destroyed the still room in 1939 and the distillery remained closed until 1947.
The Dallas Dhu distillery closed definitively in 1988 when it as been transformed in a museum. It belongs to Historic Scotland.
Everything is still in working order. It is one of the most pedagogic distilleries to visit, even if the smell of malt has gone since a while.
The single malt used to enter in the composition of the blend called "Roderick Dhu".

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The whisky

The sites below offer tasting notes for this distillery. Please click on the logo to access this notes.

France whisky-distilleries www.whisky-distilleries.info
Passionnés du malt passionnesdumalt.free.fr
Comaw Club o. mosellan des amateurs de whisky
English whisky-distilleries www.whisky-distilleries.info
Whiskyfun www.whisky-fun.com
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Geography

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Speyside

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The Speyside area is situated at the North of the Cairngorm mountain and goes to the Moray firth. It is delimited by two rivers: the Findhorn at the West side and the Deveron on the East side.
The area is named after the river Spey. Most of the distilleries take their water in one of its affluents; the Fiddich, the Livet or the Avon.
About sixty distilleries from Speyside are described on this site.

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Click on the map for a list of the distilleries of the area, on the title for further information
about the Speyside area, and if you want to make an "alphabetical journey" through the area, please
click on one of the pagode roofs, according to the direction you want to follow

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Photos of the distillery

 The Dallas Dhu is an excellent example of conservation of the industrial heritage in Scotland. The distillery remains in perfect conservation state, and the visit of this museum is really a must in the Speyside region.
The visit happens with earphones, explaining how a distillery works, in your own language.
A very pedagogic visit.

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