We want to dedicate ourselves to the Glenturret distillery, not least because it has remained with the best memories from our time in Scotland. We use the words of Jochen Wied from Joe's Tastings, who visited the distillery as part of the visit to the Spirit of Speyside Festival:
After Glenturret was sold in 2018 to the Lalique Group (manufacturers of fine decanters and other luxury glass items, see also the picture with chandeliers with a value of over 30,000 GBP each at the tasting bar), this prompted a historical appraisal, to check whether the title of oldest distillery in Scotland, founded in 1775, is also valid. It turned out that Glenturrett is even older and the founding year is now 1763. The historical report was definitely worth it. The only downside: logos on labels, signs, merchandise items, etc. all had to be changed again.
Glenturret was the last distillery in Scotland to use hand mashing. The mash tun had no agitator and the Mash Men had to stir the mash with large wooden paddles. Following an investigation by UK authorities, this traditional process has now been banned for energy efficiency reasons and Glenturret is in the process of forcibly replacing the mashtun with a new one. Therefore, Glenturret is currently not in production as the old mashtun has already been dismantled and the new one has not yet been installed. Unfortunately, a piece of whiskey history is now lost with the old Mashtun.
In front of the Distillery Shop is a statue of Towser, the late distillery cat. She is said to have caught 28,899 mice in her almost 24 years of life. She made it into the Guinness Book of Records.
In addition to the important updates, he also took great pictures that reflect the distillery wonderfully. Click on them to enlarge them and read the legend (Copyright Jochen Wied, Joe’s Tastings):
The official website of the distillery can be found at https://www.theglenturret.com/
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