Glencadam Distillery

Production

More about Glencadam Distillery

Status Operational
Established: Not supplied
Owner: Angus Dundee Distillers Plc
Capacity: 1.5 million litres per year
Visitor Policy: Not generally accessible
Tel: +44(0)1356 622 217
Website: http://www.glencadamdistillery.co.uk
Glencadam, the name of which means ‘the glen of the wild goose’, is a Highland single malt whisky distillery which was established in 1825. Its malts form the base of the Cream Of The Barley blend and since 2005 also available an office distillery released single malt.

Address

Brechin
DD9 7PA
Angus, Scotland
United Kingdom

Glencadam operates a traditional rake-and-plough mash tun and six stainless steel washbacks which supply one 12,600 litre wash still and one 12,600 litre spirit still. Unusually the wash still has an external heater and the lyne arms of both stills run upwards at an angle of 14 degrees rather than downwards, causing reflux and contributing to Glencadam’s light spirit style. The condensers are shell-and-tube.

The distillery’s supply of production water depends on Glencadam's long-held rights to springs at The Moorans, nearly nine miles away and the water flows through the Unthank Hills on route to the distillery. The distillery also has rights to draw process (cooling) water from Barry Burn.

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