Spirits · Glenbeg, Scottish Highlands
Ardnamurchan Distillery
A remote West Highland distillery run on local wood and renewable heat.
- Founded
- 2014
- Founded by
- Alex Bruce (co-founder), Adelphi
- Based in
- Glenbeg, Scottish Highlands
Making it since
2014
Their story
Ardnamurchan Distillery sits at Glenbeg on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, one of the most westerly corners of mainland Scotland. It belongs to Adelphi, the independent bottler, whose managing director Alex Bruce co-founded the project.
Adelphi's board decided in 2007 to build its own distillery, and Ardnamurchan opened in 2014. Plans grew over time from a modest output to a capacity of around 500,000 liters of pure alcohol a year, and the single malt has found fans as far away as China.
How it's made
The distillery's heat comes from a woodchip boiler fueled by timber from the neighboring Ardnamurchan Estate. In return, by-products like draff and pot ale go back to the estate and are pelletized into animal feed for its farms.
Adelphi was always about bottling things that we really liked ourselves
Why we carry them
This is one of the younger Scottish distilleries we follow, and it shows how a remote community can run a whisky operation in a circular way. A good pick for someone exploring beyond the classic names.
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