Huntly
Distillery, 1824-ca.1860
The remains of the old
Huntly Distillery
Huntly Distillery was
founded in 1824, just after the licensing acts in 1822/3, by John Robertson and
Company.
It was still producing whisky in 1860 but had ceased operating by 1867.
The new Huntly Distillery planned by Duncan Taylor & Company
Duncan Taylor & Company
has ownership of one of the largest privately-held collections of rare scotch
whisky casks. The company has been “laying down” casks from premium Scottish
distilleries for decades and has, in recent years, made its branded products
available to whisky connoisseurs throughout the World.
Duncan Taylor has its
origins in Glasgow where the company was initially a merchant and broker of
Scotch Whisky casks within the Industry. Devotion to the principle of providing
only the finest casks to be filled at Scotland’s leading distilleries has been
a key feature of the company’s history and this tradition of building an
outstanding portfolio of only the finest scotch whiskies is being maintained to
this day by the current owners.
When the company moved its
headquarters to the North East of Scotland, close to Speyside – Scotland’s
largest whisky producing region – it also took the decision to focus on the
production and marketing of its own brands and to cease the “brokering” of
whisky in cask form to Distillery companies and Independent bottlers.
Pictures of the old Granary,
to be converted into a distillery
News in the press about the
distillery.
Malt Maniacs: “An Interview
with Duncan Taylor’s Euan Shand”
http://www.maltmaniacs.net/e-pistle-200822-an-interview-with-duncan-taylors-euan-shand/
Malt Madness: “The status of the Huntly website by the
beginning of 2011 did not suggest a lot of activity yet.”
https://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/new-distilleries.html#Huntley
Planet Whiskies: “Huntly Distillery is currently
developing the first fully carbon neutral distillery in Scotland.”
http://www.planetwhiskies.com/distilleries/huntly_scotch_whisky_distillery.html
Whisky Intelligence: “Stuart Robertson Appointed
Manager of Huntley Distillery”
http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2010/04/stuart-robertson-appointed-manager-of-huntley-distillery-scotch-whisky-news/
Whiskycast: “DUNCAN TAYLOR MOVING AHEAD WITH HUNTLY DISTILLERY”
http://whiskycast.com/duncan-taylor-moving-ahead-with-huntly-distillery/
Whisky Emporium: “It
has now been announced that the site will be cleared and made ready for
redevelopment to build the distillery”
http://www.whisky-emporium.com/UK/ActualTastingNotes/Huntly.htm
ScotchWhisky.com: “Plans have been in place since 2007
for the firm to build its own distillery”
https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/2230/duncan-taylor-scotch-whisky/#/