Glen Keith is een distilleerderij die zijn whisky's maar weinig op de markt brengt als single malt. Hun whisky's zijn voornamelijk bestemd voor de blended industrie. De Glen Keith 10 jaar is een mooie lichte single malt.

Glen Keith Distillery

Opgericht: 1958
Gebied: Speyside   
Adres: Station Road, Keith, AB55 3BU
Eigenaar: Pernod-Ricard
Status: Silent
Uitrusting: 3 wash stills, 3 spirit stills
Website: -





The Glen Keith distillery was built in 1957-1960 on the site of a corn mill by Chivas Brothers, who also owned the existing Strathisla distillery nearby. It was one of the first new malt distilleries in Scotland since the late-Victorian whisky boom. Glen Keith (a.k.a. Glenkeith) originally had three stills because the distillery was designed for triple distillation. This 'Lowland' set-up was very unusual for a Speyside distillery...

The number of stills was increased to five in 1970 when they switched to double distillation. The new stills were a novelty; they were the first gas-fired still in Scotland. The distillery was mothballed in 1999 and sold to Pernod Ricard in 2001. When I wrote the latest update of this profile, Glen Keith distillery had not been restarted yet.