Glen Spey — Whiskypedia

Kernabfüllungen

Über

Another of Rothes’ distilleries, Glen Spey seems initially to conform to the ‘J&B’ template of lightness of character.

Geschichte

The distillery was built as Mill of Rothes in 1878 (the same year as its neighbour Glenrothes) by a local grain merchant James Stuart who was, at the time, the licensee of Macallan. It changed name to Glen Spey in 1887 when Stuart bought Macallan and sold the plant to the London gin producer W&A Gilbey as its first foray into Scotch. In time it would add Knockando and Strathmill to its estate. The distillery became the ‘home’ of its Spey Royal blend. A merger between Gilbey and the parent company of fellow London-based wine merchant Justerini & Brooks helped to create IDV and brought with it the J&B blend, which Glen Spey was already providing fillings for. The merger in 1997 between IDV and Guinness, which created Diageo , saw the distillery (and J&B’s ownership) change once more. Outwith the firm’s ‘Flora & Fauna’ range it is very rarely seen as single malt.

Zeitleiste

1878 James Stuart builds a distillery known as Mill of Rothes
1887 The distillery's name is changed to Glen Spey when Stuart sells the site to English company W&A Gilbey
1962 W&A Gilbey merges with United Wine Traders to form International Distillers and Vintners (IDV)
1970 An expansion at the distillery increases the number of stills from two to four
1972 IDV is bought by Watney Mann, and subsequently Grand Metropolitan
1997 Guinness and Grand Metropolitan merge and form Diageo
2001 Glen Spey is bottled as a single malt in the Flora & Fauna range
2010 A 21-year-old single malt is released as part of Diageo's Special Releases