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| Glenkinchie Distillery | |
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| General |
| Pronunciation | glen’kinchie  |
| Translation | |
| Region | Lowlands |
| Distiller | John Haig & Co. Ltd. |
| Owner | United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) (Diageo plc) |
| Address | Pencaitland Tranent East Lothian EH34 5ET Scotland |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1875 - 34 20 04 +44 (0)1875 - 34 20 07 (Fax) |
| LatLong | 55° 53’ 24.8” N 02° 53’ 34.4” W |
| Altitude | 116 m |
| Grid Reference | NT442667 |
| Website | www.discovering-distilleries.com www.malts.com |
| Open to public | January - March : mo - fr 12:00 - 16:00 Easter - October : mo - sa 10:00 - 17:00, su 12:00 - 17:00 November : mo - su 12:00 - 16:00 December : mo - fr 12:00 - 16:00 Closed last week December and first week January Last admission 1 hour before closing time Admission chargedSource : Discovering Distilleries 2008 leaflet |
| Remarks |
| History |
1837 |
Established by the Rate brothers, John and George, who had been originally farmers and grew and malted their own barley on the premises |
1840 |
Said to have been worked by James Gray of Leechman & Gray |
1851 |
Operating |
1852 |
John Rate is licensee |
1853 |
The Rate brothers went bankrupt, and the distillery was used mainly as a cowshed. A part was sold to a farmer Christie and converted into a sawmill |
1880-81 |
The distillery was bought by the Glen Kinchie Distillery Co., a consortium of whisky merchants and blenders from Leith and Edinburgh and production was started again after rebuilding the distillery and maltings |
1890 |
The Glen Kinchie Distillery Co. was founded with Major James Gray as General Manager. Reconstruction and refurbishment is going on for the next few years |
1890-1914 |
Limited company |
1914 |
Became a founding member of Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD), established to consolidate the resources and interest of malt distillers in the Lowlands. Two stills. Licensed to John Haig & Co. Ltd. |
1925 |
Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) is bought by Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL), and Glenkinchie is licensed to join John Haig & Co. |
1939-45 |
One of the few distilleries allowed to maintain a small production during WWII |
1968 |
Floor maltings stopped being used |
1969 |
The old floor maltings is converted into a museum |
1972 |
Stills became steamheated |
1988-89 |
Malt becomes available as a single malt as part of United Distillers’s Classic Malt range |
1996 |
Opening of new visitor centre |
| Technical Specifications |
| General | Water Source | for production from natural bassin in Lammermuir Hills named Gifford and fed with rainwater from the hills, for cooling from the Kinchie Burn (in the old days also the productionwater) |
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| Finished Spirit (phenols) | ||
| Blending Roles | Haig, Johnnie Walker Red and Black Label, Dimple |
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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 | 6 in total, 4 made of Oregon Pine and 2 made of Canadian Larch |
| Washback Charge | ||
| Yeast | ||
| Amount of Yeast | ||
| Length of Fermentation | ||
| Initial Fermentation Temp. | ||
| Strength of Wash | ||
| Distillation | Wash Stills | 1, 30,963 litres |
| Wash Still Built | ||
| Wash Still Charge | ||
| Heat Source | steamheated | |
| Wash Still Height | ||
| Lyne Arm | ||
| Low Wines Run | ||
| Low Wines Collection Range | ||
| Spirit Stills | 1 |
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| Spirit Still Built | ||
| Spirit Still Charge | ||
| Strength of Spirit Still Charge | ||
| Heat Source | steamheated | |
| Spirit Still Height | ||
| Lyne Arm | ||
| Coolers | wormtubs | |
| Foreshot Run | ||
| Spirit Run | ||
| Feints Run | ||
| Spirit Cut | ||
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| Storage | Storage Strength | |
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| Disposal of Pot Ale/Spent Lees | ||
| Type of Casks | mainly refill, amontillado sherry for finishing the Distillers Edition | |
| Warehouses | ||
| Vatting and Bottling Location |
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