Convalmore
Distillery Factsheet
| Name | Pronounced | AKA | Region | Country of Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convalmore | Speyside | Scotland | ||
| Status | Active | Whisky Type | Website | Tours Available |
| Closed | 1893 - Present | Malt | Convalmore | Not Available |
| Manager | Distiller | Blender | Owned by | Parent Group |
Convalmore Timeline:
1893: Built by the Convalmore-Glenlivet Distillery Co.. The Elgin Courant announced that "Its situation (close to the railway and within a mile of the town of Dufftown) is most convenient and central and will safe considerable time and money in cartage ... the natural countour of the ground has been largely taken advantage of." (1894 mentioned as well)
1905: Bought by W.P. Lowrie & Co. of Glasgow following the recession in the whisky trade
1906: James Buchanan, one of the customers, acquired most of the company from Lowrie, whose business was suffering from a lack of demand for mature whiskies
1909: Much of the distillery was destroyed by a fire. Rebuilding was started immediately including some innovations. One was a continuous still with a capacity to distil 500 gallons (2,270 litres) of wash per hour, using a similar process to that used in grain distilleries (1910 mentioned as well)
1915: The continuous still was abandoned, because the spirit wouldn’t mature evenly
1925: Distillery sold to Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)
1964-65: Modernized and extended to four stills
1985: Mothballed/closed by Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)
1992: The site was sold to William Grant & Sons for warehousing capacity (1990 mentioned as well)