Adelphi distillery was a

Scotch whisky Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial dist ...

distillery, which was founded in 1826 in

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and closed in 1907. The name was revived in 1993, for an independent bottler of Scotch whisky.

Adelphi distillery

The Adelphi Distillery was founded in 1826 by brothers Charles and David Gray. It was sited just south of the Victoria Bridge, at the edge of the

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area of Glasgow. The distillery was operated by the Gray family until 1880, when it was acquired by Messrs A. Walker and Co, a company who already owned large distilleries in

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and

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. The Walkers invested in the distillery and added a Coffey still with which to distil grain spirit. By 1886, there were four

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s and the Coffey still in full production. The distillery had an output of of pure

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per year. The Adelphi distillery was purchased by

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(DCL) in 1902, and by 1907 distilling had been stopped completely. The buildings of the distillery were demolished between 1968 and 1970, and the chimney was dismantled in 1971.

Independent bottler

The great-grandson of one of the distillery's founders, Jamie Walker, established the modern day Adelphi independent bottler in 1993, selling the company to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston in 2004.Adelphi Distillery Ltd about us page (http://www.adelphidistillery.com/about ) Whiskies are selected by a nosing team chaired by whisky critic Charles MacLean.

Ardnamurhcan Distillery

Ardnamurchan distillery is a Scotch whisky

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owned by Adelphi on the

Ardnamurchan Ardnamurchan (, gd, Àird nam Murchan: headland of the great seas) is a peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main acces ...

peninsula of

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in the

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References

External links

Adelphi official website.
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