DISTILLERIE
Speyside
After being demobilised from the Royal Navy
(submarines), George Christie joined a former naval colleague as
junior partner in the Glasgow firm of whisky brokers, W.R. Paterson &
Company. Three years later (1949), they bought the whisky broker
Alexander McGavin & Company (Glasgow) Ltd at auction from the
Inland Revenue, in partnership with one Sandy Grant. George was
appointed Managing Director, and in 1955 and 1964 bought out the
other shareholders.
In
1955 he also founded the Speyside Distillerie & Bonding Company,
and next year bought Old Milton Estate, Glen Tromie, three miles from
Kingussie. In particular he was interested in Tromie Mills, a barley
mill dating back to the eighteenth century, which had been run for
generations by a local family, and continued until 1965.
When
restoration of the building commenced in 1967, the mill and water
wheel were retained, and are still in working older. the first
spirit ran on 12 December 1990, while the formal opening of the
distillery was celebrated with a lunch on 20 September 1991.
George
Christie also founded Strathmore Distillerie at Cambus, Alloa, in 1957
The
company's HQ is in Rutherglen, Glasgow, where
most of the make is matured, blended and bottled. George Christie
sold his shares in Speyside Distilleries in 2000 to his son, Ricky,
Ian Jerman and Sir James Ackroyd, who became Chairman of the company.
Closer to the source of the Spey than any other distillery, on the
bank of the Spey tributary, the River Tromie, and close to the
village of Drumguish (pronounced Drumooish).
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There was an earlier 'Speyside Distillery' in Kingussie. Founded in 1895 it
ceased production in 1905 and was demolished in 1911. The present
distillery appeared in the TV series
Monarch of the Glen as
Lagganmore Distillery.
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