Glenfiddich Distillery

Glenfiddich Distillery

The distiller)' which produces the world's best- selling malt whisky was established in 1887 by William Grant. He was the son of a tailor and served an apprenticeship as a soutar' or cobbler. He later trained as a distiller and using second-hand equipment bought from Cardow/Cardhu distillery', he chose the picturesque field of Glenfiddich, 'The Valley of the Deer', as the site for his distillery.

It has remained in the ownership of his descendants ever since. Every thing from malting to bottling is done in situ; Glenfiddich Distillery still has its own cooperage and coppersmiths and has open mash tuns and Douglas-fir wash backs. It draws its water from the Robbie Dubh spring.

The directors of William Grant & Sons were the first to see the potential of promoting their product as a single malt, in the early 1960s. A visitor centre was opened in 1969, and attracts more than 125,000 visitors a year.

There are now 29 stills, producing 35 per cent of the malt whisky bottled as a single; one in every three bottles of malt whisky sold in the world is a bottle of Glenfiddich! It is bottled as Special Reserve and Excellence (both vattings of 8 and 12 Years), Cask Strength (a vatting of 15 and 17 Years), 18 Years (at 43%) and 50 Years (43%),

  Glenfiddich Distillery Tasting Notes

Prop : Special Reserve: Pale straw with green tints; the nose is light, with cereal mash, green sticks, esters, apples and a faint whiff of smoke. With water it becomes fresher and more appetising; sweet and malty, with pear-drops. The flavour is sweet to start and dry and green, with a short finish.

Prop @18 Years (43%); Full gold, with a rich main- nose. With water, vinous and floral notes emerge, with a trace of smoke. The taste is clean, sweet, green and slightly spicy and the finish is length)'.


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