Aberlour Distillery
The following is from the Aberlour official site
The distillery was founded in 1879 by James Fleming, who shrewdly
built it on the site of St Drostan's Well, thus securing forever this
priceless source of pure spring water. When the journalist Alfred
Barnard visited Aberlour in the 1880s, as part of his exhaustive survey
of Scottish whisky distilleries, he described James Fleming's new
establishment as a "perfect modern Distillery".
In 1898 a fire destroyed several of the distillery buildings and
most of the whisky stocks. Under the supervision of Scotland's foremost
designer of whisky distilleries, Charles Doig of Elgin, the Aberlour
Distillery was largely rebuilt.
Over the past 100 years, with modernisation and technology, the landscape
of the distillery has inevitably altered, though many of the original
features are still there and the traditional working character of
the place remains unchanged. The latest addition is the new Visitors
Centre - the Fleming Rooms - named after the founder of the distillery.
The following is from DCS
The village and distillery of Aberlour are in the heart of Speyside.
The distillery was founded by John and James Grant and probably pre-dates
its first official recognition, in 1826. It was rebuilt in 1879 by
James Fleming about a mile from the original site. It was taken over
in 1892 by R. Thorne and Sons who considerably enlarged it and in
1898 it was rebuilt again then expanded in 1966 at its purchase by
Campbell, now owned by Pernod Ricard. [cm] claims the 1879 rebuild
followed a fire whereas [ms] puts the fire at 1898. For all I know
there were two. Fires are the scourge of all distilleries and virtually
all of them have suffered major fire damage at one time or another.
Recently the whisky was made by Ian Mitchell, who was born in the
distillery grounds, died in 1992 and was preceded in his job by his
father and grandfather. The distillery is noted for its pristine cleanliness
and fastidious attention to detail. The water comes from St. Drostan's
well.
Aberlour is a pure single highland malt from Speyside. Aberlour was
founded in 1826 by James Gordon and Peter Weir at the feet of Ben
Rinnes, from whose slopes it draws its water and said to be an important
characteristic of its distinctive flavour.
The distillery was rebuilt in 1879 after a fire and it is this date
which appears on the label.
The Aberlour Glenvilet Distillery Company is a subsidiary of Campbell
Distillers.
Producer: Aberlour Glenlivet Distillery Ltd - www.aberlour.com
ABV: 40.0%
Age: 10 Year Old
Country of Origin: Scotland
Region: Speyside
The following is from Scotch Whisky.net
Aberlour Distillery History
1826 Founded
1879 Current distillery built by James Fleming
1898 Rebuilt after fire
1945 Purchased by S. Campbell & Sons Ltd and extended
1973 Renovated 2 more stills added to make 4 in total
1974 S. Campbell & Sons Ltd taken over by Pernod Ricard
Built alongside the Lour burn, the aberlour distillery uses pure
spring water that rises through peat and granite from Ben Rinnes.
The St Drostan Well stone was erected to mark the location of the
spring, which was used by St Drostan to baptise the local population
in the 7th century. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry
cask it is the definitive example of a Speyside single malt scotch.
Full bodied and well balanced with complex fruity and spicy flavors
and sweet aromas. Creamy and smooth in the mouth finishing on toffee
and honey-like notes.
