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Aberfeldy whisky distillery

The original John Dewer was born on a croft near Aberfeldy in 1806 and started work in the wine trade by 22. Thereafter the family began blending whisky and eventually founded their own distillery at Aberfeldy in 1896. Then as now the distilleries main purpose was to supply malt for the Dewar’s blend, even today the distillery visitor centre is geared around the blend rather than the distilleries own single malt.

Aberfledy like so many other distilleries passed through the hands of Scottish Malt Distillers a DCL subsidiary before being sold to Bicardi where it remains today.

Aberfeldy factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region
Aberfeldy ah*bur*fell*dee Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery Highlands
Country of Origin Status Active Whisky Type
Scotland Active 1896 - Present Malt
Website Tours Available Owned by Parent Group
Aberfeldy Tour Link John Dewar & Sons

What Aberfeldy makes

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Aberfeldy Timeline:

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  1. 1896The Distillery was built on a piece of land bought by Dewar’s from the Marquis of Breadalbane
  2. 1898The distillery comes online in November
  3. 1899Dewar’s White Label unveiled
  4. 1917Distillery closes as grain is redirected towards food for the rest of the war
  5. 1919Aberfeldy resumes production
  6. 1925Dewar’s, Buchanan’s and Johnnie Walker’s amalgamate with Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)
  7. 1927Dewar’s produces the worlds first documentary on the production and blending of Scotch whisky.
  8. 1930Transferred to DCL subsidiary Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD)
  9. 1942The distillery closes due to wartime shortages of barley
  10. 1944Aberfeldy resumes production
  11. 1972The distillery is largely rebuilt increasing from four to eight wash backs, two to four stills. Floor maltings are stopped and a dark grains plant is established
  12. 1973Stills are converted to steamheating
  13. 1998Sold to John Dewar & Sons, a subsidiary of the Bacardi Corporation
  14. 2000Opening of Visitor Centre "Dewar’s World of Whisky" in the old maltings

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Useful Aberfeldy links:

Aberfeldy at MaltMadness

Aberfeldy at MasterOfMalts

Aberfeldy at SMWS

Aberfeldy at ScotchWhisky

Aberfeldy at Whisky

Aberfeldy at WhiskyExhange

Aberfeldy at WhiskyPortal

Aberfeldy at Whiskybase

Aberfeldy at Wikipedia

Aberfeldy at Wormtub

Can I tour Aberfeldy?

Yes Aberfeldy distillery is tourable. On Trip Advisor the distillery has been rated as excellent by 102 of 134 tours to date. This gives Aberfeldy an overall rating of 4.5

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