Glenkinchie Distillery
History
Glenkinchie lies, as the name might suggest, in a glen of the Kinchie Burn near the village of Pencaitland, East Lothian. It is situated about 15 miles from Edinburgh. The distillery is set in farmland. The name 'Kinchie' is a corruption of 'De Quincy', the original owners of the land. Its origins date back to around 1825 when it was founded by brothers John and George Rate, While there are no direct records it seems likely that Glenkinchie is the Milton Distillery previous recorded in the area. The brothers probably renamed it in about 1837. In 1853, the Rate Brothers were bankrupted and the site converted to a sawmill. In 1881, the plant was rebuilt and whisky-making restarted under Maj. James Grey.
In 1914, Glenkinchie joined Rosebank, St Magdalene, Grange and Clydesdale to form Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD) and in 1925 SMD merged with The Distillers Company (DCL).
In 1969 the distillery stopped malting its own grain and the malting floors were turned into a museum of malt whisky.
Guinness acquired The Distillers Company in 1986. Guinness merged with Grand Metropolitan in 1997 to form Diageo.
In 2020, Diageo revealed a new visitor centre at Glenkinchie.
Expressions
Glenkinchie 12 Year Old Tasting notes: On the nose aromatic and floral notes. On the palate it is sweet with a slight liquorice aftertaste and a dry finish.
Glenkinchie Distillers Edition Tasting notes: On the nose cut hay and malted barley. On the palate, biscuity sweet, digestives and hobnobs. Slight toffee finish.
The Glenkinchie 12 Year Old was named Best Lowland Single Malt at the 2013 World Whiskies Awards.
See also
References
- ^ "The Whisky Barrel — Lowland Malts". TheWhiskyBarrel.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Tour of Glenkinchie Whisky Distillery". Edinbug. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ MacLean, Charles (2012). Whiskypedia: An Introduction to Scotch Whisky. Birlinn.
- ^ "Glenkinchie Distillery". ScotchWhisky.com. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Jackson, Michael (May 2004). Malt Whisky Companion (5th ed.). London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1-4053-0234-0. OCLC 60383343.
- ^ MacLean, Charles (2012). Whiskypedia: An Introduction to Scotch Whisky. Birlinn.
- ^ "Our History". 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Spirits soar at Diageo". Findarticles.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Multi-million-pound new visitor centre opens at Glenkinchie Distillery". East Lothian Courier. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Glenkinchie 12 Year Old wins Best Lowland Single Malt". Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.