Despite
its evocative name, this distillery is not considered by everybody to be geographically settled
in the Speyside area. But the river Spey flows behind the distillery. The Speyside distillery is the closest
to the burn of the Speyside river so it really deserves to be considered as a being part of the Speyside area.
George Christie founded the blending company "Speyside
Distillery and Bonding" in 1955. 
In reality, even if the distillery is not settled in the traditional Speyside area, the distillery is the closest
distillery to the source of the River Spey ( the River Tromie), and it even has a view on the Spey.
One year later, he acquired
the ground called "Old Milton Estate" in Glen Tromie,
on which the village Drumguish and the old mill who made floor
for the village people up to 1949 were settled. This old mill was
build in 1710 and currently houses the office of the distillery's
director.
To insure a constant quality to their blends, the Christie family decided to
create their own malt distillery in a building settled on their property. This
construction has been build by Alex Fairly alone, and it took him 25 years to
achieve it. He used the dry-stone dyking method, which was labor-intensive, but resulted in a beautifully handcrafted building.
About 20% of the production is marketed as single malt under the name Drumguish,
and the remaining part is sas kept for ageing or is used in the blends Speyside and
the vatted malt Glentromie. But nowadays, there is no blend produced anymore by the distillery. The remaining 80% are used
now for the Speyside Single Malt which was available as a 10 y.o. but now solely available as a 12 y.o.
The distillery owners also buy and bottle casks for Scott's Selection.
Speyside |
10 years |
Age |
10 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40,0 % |
Bottler |
Official |
links & average quote |
|
Comment by |
Colour: Dark gold, shady amber. |
Speyside |
Scott's Selection 1991 |
Collection |
Natural Cask Strength |
Age |
13 years |
Alcohol percentage |
61,1 % |
Bottler |
Scott's Selection |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
|
Speyside |
Cu Dhub |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
40,0 % |
Bottler |
Mac Y |
links & average quote |
|
Speyside |
Best Casks of Scotland 1994 |
Collection |
Best casks of Scotland |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
43,0 % |
Bottler |
Jean Boyer |
links & average quote |
|
Speyside |
Gifted Stills 2001-2008 |
Collection |
Gifted Stills |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
43,0 % |
Bottler |
Jean Boyer |
links & average quote |
|
Speyside |
Gifted Stills 2001-2010 |
Collection |
Gifted Stills |
Age |
9 years |
Alcohol percentage |
43 % |
Bottler |
Jean Boyer |
links & average quote |
|
Color: White Wine |
Speyside |
Best Casks of Scotland 1994 |
Collection |
Best casks of Scotland |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
43 % |
Bottler |
Jean Boyer |
links & average quote |
|
Color: White Wine |
Speyside |
Best Casks of Scotland 1996 |
Collection |
Best casks of Scotland |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
43 % |
Bottler |
Jean Boyer |
Cask |
Sherry butt |
links & average quote |
|
Colour: Pale yellow |
Speyside |
1993, sherry butt |
Age |
15 years |
Alcohol percentage |
61,7 % |
Bottler |
Malts of Scotland |
Cask |
Sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 636 |
Dates |
Distil: 18/10/1993 Bottling: 07/2009 |
Bottle |
192 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
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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.
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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