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Blair Athol distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery located on the south edge of Pitlochry in Perthshire, near the River Tummel in Scotland. It is used in Bell's whisky, and is also normally available in a 12-year-old bottling. [2]
Relatively unchanged since it started making whisky, it is the last example of a traditional distillery and not currently open to visitors. Blair Athol sits on the main road at the southeast of town and since 1933 has been owned by Bell's, now part of the Diageo group. [10] Pitlochry station is home to Pitlochry Station Bookshop. The bookshop ...
Bell's Scotch Whisky barrel at the Blair Athol distillery in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Bell's is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland.It was originally produced by Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd and is one of the best selling whiskies in the UK, only slightly behind The Famous Grouse which is the best selling Scotch whisky on the island.
The whisky produced started to be used in White Horse blends and since 1977 in single malt whisky. [3] In 1987, The Distillers Company was renamed as United Distillers. [4] In 1997, with the merger of Guinness plc (United Distillers owner) and Grand Metropolitan, Glen Elgin distillery become part of the new company, Diageo. [5]
Blair Atholl (from the Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall, originally Blàr Ath Fhodla [2]) is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains. [3] The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location.
In 1914 DCL claimed to be the ‘largest whisky distiller in the world and set up a subsidiary, Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., [2] In 1919 DCL purchased the totality of John Haig & Co. and in 1925 combined with John Walker & Son and Buchanan - Dewar on a share exchange basis.
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The original Ardgowan distillery was founded in 1896 and located in Baker Street, Greenock. [1] Before World War II the distillery was converted to make industrial alcohol that were used in fuel for RAF fighter planes. The distillery was as almost totally destroyed in the Greenock Blitz of 7 May 1941. [2] [3]