The distillery was founded in 1879 by James Fleming, who shrewdly built it on the site of St Drostan's Well, thus securing forever this priceless source of pure spring water. When the journalist...
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The distillery was founded in 1879 by James Fleming, who shrewdly built it on the site of St Drostan's Well, thus securing forever this priceless source of pure spring water. When the journalist Alfred Barnard visited Aberlour in the 1880s, as part of his exhaustive survey of Scottish whisky distilleries, he described James Fleming's new establishment as a "perfect modern Distillery". In 1898 a fire destroyed several of the distillery buildings and most of the whisky stocks. Under the supervision of Scotland's foremost designer of whisky distilleries, Charles Doig of Elgin, the Aberlour Distillery was largely rebuilt. Over the past 100 years, with modernisation and technology, the landscape of the distillery has inevitably altered, though many of the original features are still there and the traditional working character of the place remains unchanged. The latest addition is the new Visitors Centre - the Fleming Rooms - named after the founder of the distillery.

Aberlour produce some very popular single malts and we are fortunate to offer the following currently - the Aberlour 10 Year Old, Aberlour 10 Year Old miniature, Aberlour 12 Year Old, Aberlour 15 Year Old Hebcelt Festival Malt, Aberlour 16 Year Old (1993) Whiskies of Scotland, Aberlour 16 Year Old - Double Cask Matured, Aberlour 16 Year Old Whiskies of Scotland, Aberlour 18 Year Old and the Aberlour A'Bunadh - Cask Strength. Being based in Speyside we maybe able to source any number of rare or specialist whiskies from Aberlour too, feel free to contact us with any queries.

Distillery:	Aberlour	Region:	Speyside
Established:	1879	Status:	Active
Proprietor	Pernod Ricard (Chivas Brothers)
Stills:	2 wash, 2 spirit	Capacity:	2 100 000 litres of alcohol per year
Open To Visitors:	Yes	Contact :	Aberlour Distillery Aberlour Banffshire AB38 9PJ
Facilities:
Water Source:	Spring on Ben Rinnes

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