Speyside Single Malts
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Single malt Scotch
Single Malt Scotch is whisky made in Scotland using a pot still distillation process at a single distillery, with malted barley as the only grain ingredient...
Scotch
Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland.Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Single Grain Scotch Whisky, Blended Malt Scotch Whisky , Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, and Blended Scotch Whisky.All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three...
whiskies
Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn...
, distilled in Strathspey
Strathspey, Scotland
Strathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland....
, the area around the River Spey
River Spey
The River Spey is a river in the northeast of Scotland, the second longest and the fastest-flowing river in Scotland...
in Moray
Moray
Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
and Badenoch and Strathspey
Badenoch and Strathspey
Badenoch and Strathspey as a local government district 1975 to 1996Badenoch and Strathspey is a local government ward of the Highland council area and a ward management area of the Highland Council in Scotland...
, in northeastern Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The two best-selling single malt whiskies in the world, The Glenlivet
The Glenlivet
The Glenlivet Distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, and the production place of the Scottish whisky of the same name. It is described in packaging and advertising as...
& Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich
The Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich bottles.- History :...
, come from Speyside. Speyside has the greatest number of distilleries of any of the whisky producing areas of Scotland.
List of Speyside malts
- Aberlour Single MaltAberlour DistilleryAberlour is a distillery of single malt Scotch whisky, located on Aberlour town, Speyside, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Lour and Spey near Ben Rinnes. The Speyside region is the most prolific whisky producing region in Scotland, accounting for over half of all of Scotland's distilleries...
- Aultmore Single Malt
- Balmenach Single MaltBalmenach DistilleryBalmenach Distillery was established in 1824 by James MacGregor, from a family of farmers and illicit distillers who resided in Tomintoul.- History :...
- BalvenieBalvenieThe Balvenie Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland owned by William Grant & Sons.-William Grant:...
- Benriach Single MaltBenRiachThe BenRiach distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the Speyside area of Scotland. It is operated independently by the BenRiach Distillery Company Limited, formed by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch whisky expert Billy Walker...
- Benromach Single MaltBenromachBenromach is a Speyside distillery founded by Duncan McCallum and F.W. Brickman in 1898 and currently owned and run by Gordon and Macphail of Elgin. It is situated near Forres in Morayshire and is fed with spring water from the Chapelton Springs in the Romach Hills beside Forres.-History:Duncan...
- Cardhu Single MaltCardhuCardhu is a Speyside distillery near Archiestown, Morayshire, Scotland, founded by the whisky smuggler John Cumming in 1824. The distillery is currently run by Diageo and the distillery's whisky makes up an important part of the famous Johnnie Walker blended whiskies.-History:The distillery was set...
- CragganmoreCragganmoreCragganmore is a Scotch whisky distillery situated in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire in Scotland.The distillery was founded in 1869 by John Smith on land leased from Sir George Macpherson-Grant. The site was chosen by Smith both for its proximity to the waters of the Craggan burn and...
- DailuaineDailuaineDailuaine is a single malt whisky in Charlestown-of-Aberlour, Strathspey, Scotland.- History :The Distillery was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie. When he died in 1865 his widow leased the distillery to James Fleming, a banker from Aberlour. Together with William Mackenzie's son he founded...
- Dufftown Single Malt
- Glendronach Single Malt
- Glendullan Single MaltGlendullan DistilleryGlendullan is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Glendullan Distillery in the Speyside region. Glendullan is owned by Diageo.-Production:...
- Glenfarclas Single MaltGlenfarclas Single MaltGlenfarclas is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky produced at the Glenfarclas Distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. Glenfarclas translates as meaning valley of the green grass. The distillery is owned and run by the Grant family...
- Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch WhiskyGlenfiddichThe Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich bottles.- History :...
- Glen GrantGlen Grant (distillery)Glen Grant is a Speyside distillery, that produces single malt Scotch whisky. The distillery was owned by Chivas Brothers Ltd, best known for their Chivas Regal blended scotch whisky. It is the world's second-biggest single malt whisky brand....
- Glen Keith Single Malt
- The GlenlivetThe GlenlivetThe Glenlivet Distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, and the production place of the Scottish whisky of the same name. It is described in packaging and advertising as...
- The GlenrothesThe GlenrothesThe Glenrothes is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Glenrothes Distillery, beside the Burn of Rothes in the Speyside region. The Glenrothes is used in blended scotch whiskies such as Cutty Sark and The Famous Grouse...
- Glentauchers Single Malt
- Glen ElginGlen ElginGlen Elgin is a Scotch single malt whisky, produced at the Glen Elgin Distillery. It is one of the Speyside Single Malts in production.- The Distillery:...
- Glen MorayGlen MorayThe Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery is a distillery in Speyside, Scotland that produces single malt scotch whisky. The distillery was sold in 2008 by the Glenmorangie Company Ltd to La Martiniquaise.-History:...
- Imperial Single Malt
- Inchgower Single MaltInchgower Single MaltInchgower is a whisky distillery producing a single malt of the same name located on the outskirts of Buckie, Moray, Scotland.The distillery was built in 1871 to replace Tochineal Distillery but liquidated in 1903...
- KnockandoKnockandoKnockando is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at Knockando, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland.Knockando Distillery was built by John Tytler Thomson in 1898, and is named after the village in which it stands. The name derives from Scottish Gaelic Cnoc an Dhu, meaning...
- Linkwood Single Malt
- Lismore Single Malt
- Longmorn Single MaltLongmorn Single MaltLongmorn Single Malt is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Longmorn Distillery in Longmorn, Moray, within the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland.-History:...
- The MacallanThe MacallanThe Macallan is a brand of single malt Scotch whisky first distilled in 1824 at The Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie, in Moray...
- McClelland's SpeysideMcClelland's Single MaltMcClelland's Single Malt is a range of Single Malt Scotch whiskies from four of Scotland's key whisky distilling regions—Highland, Islay, Speyside and Lowland....
- Miltonduff Single Malt
- Mortlach Single Malt
- Royal Brackla Single MaltRoyal BracklaRoyal Brackla is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky produced by the Brackla Distillery, Nairn, Scotland. The distillery is operated by Dewar's for Bacardi.-History:...
- Speyburn Single Malt
- The SpeysideThe SpeysideThe Speyside is a scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie.-Ethos and origins:Founded in 1990 by George Christie, the Speyside is one of the younger distilleries in Scotland...
- Strathisla Single MaltStrathisla Single MaltStrathisla is the oldest continuously operating distillery in Scotland. It was founded as the Milltown Distillery by George Taylor in 1789 as an alternative to the waning of flax dressing industry. He leased the land from the Earl of Seafield....
- Tamnavulin Glenlivet Single Malt
- TamdhuTamdhuTamdhu is a single malt Scotch whisky and a Speyside whisky distillery, located in the town of Knockando in Banffshire, Scotland.The distillery was founded in 1897 by a group of assemblers, wishing to engage in the production of their own whisky. It quickly passed on into the hands of Highland...
- Tomintoul Single Malt
- Tormore Single MaltTormore Single MaltTormore is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky, distilled by the Tormore distillery, which is located approximately 1 km south of the River Spey. Its water source is the Achvochkie Burn.- History :...