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Cardhu Distillery | |
General |
Pronunciation | car’doo |
Translation | Black Rock |
Region | Highlands / Speyside |
Distiller | United Malt & Grain Distillers Ltd. (UMGD) |
Owner | United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) (Diageo plc) |
Address | Knockando Moray AB38 7RY Scotland |
Telephone | +44 (0)1340 - 87 25 55 +44 (0)1340 - 87 25 56 (Fax) |
LatLong | 57° 28’ 14.9” N 03° 20’ 56.6” W |
Altitude | 197 m |
Grid Reference | NJ191430 |
Website | www.discovering-distilleries.com |
Open to public | January - Easter : mo - fr 11:00 - 15:00 (tours at 11:00, 13:00 and 14:00) Easter - June : mo - fr 10:00 - 17:00 July - September : mo - sa 10:00 - 17:00, su 12:00 - 16:00 October - December : mo - fr 11:00 - 15:00 (tours at 11:00, 13:00 and 14:00) Closed between Christmas and New Year Last admission 1 hour before closing time Admission chargedSource : Discovering Distilleries 2008 leaflet |
Remarks | Used in Johnnie Walker |
History |
1811 |
John Cumming leased the site and went into illicit distilling |
1824 |
John Cumming got a licence and built the Cardow Distillery. Before that he got convicted three times of unlicensed distilling |
1839 |
John Cumming died and let the farm to his son Lewis Cumming (1846 mentioned as well) |
1872 |
Lewis Cumming died leaving the farm and distillery to his wife Elizabeth Cumming. She became known as the "Queen of the Whisky Trade" due to her work at the distillery for nearly twenty years |
1884 |
Elizabeth leased another four acres (1.6 hectares) of land adjacent to the farm and built a new distillery capable of producing 60,000 gallons (over 270,000 litres) annually to take advantage of the vast popularity of the "Glenlivets", as the Speyside malts were named, for blending (1886 mentioned as well) |
1887 |
Distillery extended |
by 1888 |
The malt produced was sold in London as "Cardow". This popularity didn’t stay unnoticed and several take-over bids were turned down by Elizabeth because she wanted the Distillery to be retained by the family |
1893 |
Elizabeth negogiated a deal with John Walker & Sons Ltd. of Kilmarnock, Cardhu’s major customer. Her son John Cumming became a salaried director of John Walker & Sons Ltd. while remaining at Cardhu Distillery. John Walker & Sons Ltd. then bottled Cardhu as Old Vatted Cardhu, and as Cardow from 1908 |
1897 |
John Walker & Sons Ltd., Kilmarnock expanded output |
1923 |
John Cumming retired from the board and succeeded by his son Ronald Cumming |
1925 |
Merged with the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) |
1930 |
Transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) |
during WWII |
All of the production went into the Johnnie Walker brands |
1960-61 |
Rebuilt when extended from four to six stills |
1960s |
Cardhu is reintroduced as a single malt |
1971 |
Stills became steamheated |
1975 |
Name changed to Cardhu and licensed to John Walker & Sons Ltd., Kilmarnock |
1992 |
Licensed to United Malt & Grain Distillers Ltd. (UMGD) |
1999 |
Owned by United Distillers & Vintners Ltd. (UDV) |
.... |
Renamed to Cardhu Distillery as the distillery began to promote a bottled single malt |
.... |
Renamed to Cardow Distillery as the distillery changed the Cardhu single malt to a vatted malt |
Technical Specifications |
General | Water Source | for production from different sources in the Mannoch Hills as well as from the Lyne Burn, piped to distillery and stored until it is used, for cooling rainwater from the Mannoch Hills and the Lyne Burn, stored in a little lake behind the distillery |
Annual Output | ||
Finished Spirit (phenols) | ||
Blending Roles | single malt and blends (the heart of Johnnie Walker Red, Black, Gren and Blue Label) |
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Malt | Malt Source | |
Malt Type | ||
Malt Specification (phenols) | ||
Own Malting Floor | ||
Malt Storage | ||
Mill | ||
Grist Storage | ||
Mashing | Mash Tun | |
Mash Size | ||
First Water | ||
Second Water | ||
Third Water | ||
Fourth Water | ||
Fermentation | Washbacks | 8 made of Scandinavian Larch |
Washback Charge | ||
Yeast | ||
Amount of Yeast | ||
Length of Fermentation | ||
Initial Fermentation Temp. | ||
Strength of Wash | ||
Distillation | Wash Stills | 3 |
Wash Still Built | ||
Wash Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | steamheated | |
Wash Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Low Wines Run | ||
Low Wines Collection Range | ||
Spirit Stills | 3 |
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Spirit Still Built | ||
Spirit Still Charge | ||
Strength of Spirit Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | steamheated | |
Spirit Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Coolers | ||
Foreshot Run | ||
Spirit Run | ||
Feints Run | ||
Spirit Cut | ||
Distilling Strength | ||
Storage | Storage Strength | |
Average Spirit Yield | ||
Disposal of Pot Ale/Spent Lees | ||
Type of Casks | refill only | |
Warehouses | ||
Vatting and Bottling Location |