Whisky Tour: Bladnoch Distillery

Bladnoch Distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in south west Scotland. It is one of six remaining Lowland distilleries, located at Bladnoch, near Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. The distillery is situated on the banks of the River Bladnoch, and is the most southerly whisky distillery in Scotland.
The distillery was founded by John and Thomas McClelland in 1817
Between 1911 and 1937 it was owned by Wm Dunville & Co. Ltd, an Irish company, and on the outbreak of World War II whisky production ceased, but malt continued to be produced until 1949 when the distillery closed until 1957.
Upon re-opening under new ownership whisky production began again and continued under a number of different owners until 1983 when Bell's took over and initiated a programme of modernisation and computerisation. In 1987 the United Distillers Group took over Bell's and continued the modernisation as a result of which the weekly production rose.
A year after it had been closed by United Distillers, the mothballed distillery was discovered by the Armstrong Brothers while on holiday in the area in 1994. After several years spent finding and replacing the old plant and equipment, the distillery reopened for production in late 2000. The first 8-Year-Old Single Malt produced by the Armstrong brothers became available in 2009. The company operating Bladnoch Distillery, Co-Ordinated Development Services, went into administration on 10 March 2014.
The distillery was purchased in July 2015 by Australian entrepreneur David Prior, who had sold his five:Am yoghurt business for £52m in August 2014. Prior is thought to be the first Australian to buy a Scotch whisky distillery.
Bladnoch Distillery resumed production in spring of 2017, with new equipment, including a 5 tonne mash tun, six Douglas Fir wooden washbacks, two 12,500 litre capacity wash stills, two 9,500 litre capacity low wines stills, and a steam boiler that will be fuelled with LPG. In late 2016, Prior officially relaunched Bladnoch, and announced three new expressions, created from aged stocks by master distiller Ian MacMillan: the no age statement Samsara, the 15-year-old Adela and the 25-year-old Talia.
In July 2019, Dr Nick Savage joined Bladnoch Distillery as Master Distiller. Nick has formerly worked for William Grant & Sons and as Master Distiller of The Macallan. Bladnoch Distillery opened its Visitor Centre and Melba Cafe at an official opening ceremony on 11 September 2019.The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay unveiled a commemorative plaque during the ceremony.
Bladnoch Distillery also produces premium blended Scotch Whisky brand, Pure Scot.
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It was great to have you here - thank you for paying us a visit! Sláinte 🥃

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My favorite whiskey, it's a big pleasure to test Bladnoch😋

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Fantastic job once again with these well presented on site overviews.
Cheers 🥃

[@TheWhiskyDiaries]

Appreciate it! 🥃

[@marionlogan1379]

Well done Martin brilliant video ....James @ Bladnoch

[@TheWhiskyDiaries]

Appreciate it 🥃

[@13Dalek]

Good whiskey 🥃 yum 😋

[@cameroncunningham9033]

Sshhhh. This stuff is hard enough to get in Australia without you telling everyone how good it is.

[@TheWhiskyDiaries]

Hahah it definitely is

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Where are you these days mate? Miss the videos

[@TheWhiskyDiaries]

Appreciate it! Have a new bar opening in 2 weeks, then will be back onto the videos

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Post another vid;(