Glen Moray whisky distillery
Glen Moray began it’s life as the West Brewery, but was converted for distillation in 1897, unfortunately the pattison whisky crisis meant that Glen Moray was only operational until 1910. A short lived attempt to restart production in 1912 lasted only a few months.Following further financial troubles the distillery is sold to Macdonald & Muir part owners of Glenmorangie in 1920
Production resumes in 1923 and with the exception of the year 1932 when no whisky was produced at all, the distillery remained in production until 1958 when it was rebuilt with Saladin floor maltings. In 1978 the malting at the distillery ceased altogether the number of stills was expanded from two to four stills.
In 1996 Macdonald & Muir Ltd. was renamed Glenmorangie Plc. and focus was made on promoting the Glenmorangie brand, the following year Glenmorangie acquired Ardbeg and Glen Moray became something of a forgotten sister a trend which continued after the sale to Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey in 2004.
Happily while Louis Vuitton announced a shift from production for blends in 2008 the French company La Martiniquaise bought Glen Moray making it a cerntrepiece of their Label 5 and Glen Turner blends, since then distillery capacity and production has scaled considerably and around 30% of production is now released as Malt.
Glen Moray factsheet
| Name | Pronounced | AKA | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Moray | glen mur*ray | Speyside | |
| Country of Origin | Status | Active | Whisky Type |
| Scotland | Active | 1897 - Present | Malt |
| Website | Tours Available | Owned by | Parent Group |
| Glen Moray | Tour Link | La Martiniquaise |
Glen Moray equipment & site
| Mill maker | Boby |
|---|---|
| Also | Saladin box |
What Glen Moray makes
Whisky
- Glen Moray Classic
- Glen Moray 12
- Glen Moray 15
- Glen Moray 18
Shop: online and at the distillery.
Glen Moray Timeline:
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- 1828Elgin West Brewery is established
- 1897Elgin West Brewery is reconstructed as Glen Moray distillery
- 1910Glen Moray is mothballed following the Pattison whisky crash
- 1912Glen Moray reopens briefly but closes again the same year
- 1920Financial issues result in Glen Moray being sold to Macdonald & Muir Ltd. the owner of owner of Glenmorangie
- 1923Production resumes
- 1932Production ceases for the year
- 1958The distillery is refitted with Saladin floor maltings
- 1971Stills become steamheated
- 1978Floor maltings are terminated
- 1979Stills increased to four
- 1996Macdonald & Muir Ltd. change their name to Glenmorangie Plc.
- 2004Glenmorangie Plc. is acquired by LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy
- 2008Glen Moray is sold to La Martiniquaise and become components in the top selling Label 5 blend and Glen Turner blended malt
- 2009Glen Moray makes it's first peated whisky
- 2010La Martiniquaise open Starlaw grain distillery
- 2012The distillery is expanded, all six of the existing warehouse stills are changed over to spirit stills and a further three wash stills are added
- 2016A Lauter mashtun is fitted
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Can I tour Glen Moray?
Yes Glen Moray distillery is tourable. On Trip Advisor the distillery has been rated as excellent by 272 of 367 tours to date. This gives Glen Moray an overall rating of 4.5
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