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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.
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]
Glen Ord distillery is a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands and is the only remaining single malt scotch whisky distillery on the Black Isle. [ 3 ] Glen Ord distillery produce a 12 year old, 15 year old and an 18 year old single malt The Singleton of Glen Ord that's available for export only to Southeast Asia .
During the early part of the 1900s DCL embarked in programme of distilleries acquisitions at low prices in the wake of the Pattisons crash of 1898. [2] In 1914 DCL claimed to be the ‘largest whisky distiller in the world and set up a subsidiary, Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd., [2]
United Distillers was a Scottish company formed in 1987 from combining the businesses of Distillers Company and Arthur Bell & Sons, both owned by Guinness. [1] The company owned six single malt Scotch brands, which were relaunched as the Classic Malts range.
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.
The distillery was founded in 1897 by John Robertson & Son. [1] In 1915 was sold to the Clynelish Distillery Company, which John Risk owned, John Walker & Sons and DCL. [1] In 1985, Coleburn distillery was mothballed. [2] in 1986, DCL. was acquired by Guinness [3] and was renamed as United Distillers in 1987. [4]