Our Scottish sojourn took us to Inchdairnie a new single malt distillery located in the Lowlands region of Scotland. Inchdairnie is built on a seven hectare site on the outskirts on Kinglassie in Fife. The land historically belonged to Inchdairnie House. David Sloan shows us around the distillery.
After opening its doors in May 2016 and beginning production late last year, following 18 months of construction, the distillery intends to release its first single malt whisky in 2029. InchDairnie will also create malt for blending to sell to other distillers, including its “strategic partner” MacDuff International.
MacDuff International was established in 1992 by Stewart MacDuff, Charles Murray and Ted Thomson, with more than 75 years experience between them with in the Scotch Whisky Industry. Ian Palmer after spending 40 years in the Scotch whisky industry (Invergordon, Glen Turner, Glen Moray, Starlaw), foresaw significant growth in single malt leading to issues for blenders and brand owners looking for more security over their whisky supply. He saw a gap in the market for a distillery that could produce bulk single malt for these third party brands.
The £10 million, technologically advanced and energy efficient distillery that focuses on extracting maximum flavour, was soon backed by a private family investment group. Until its own single malt has matured for at least a decade, Inchdairnie will provide fillings for MacDuff International’s blends, which include Grand Macnish, Lauder’s and Islay Mist.
InchDairnie will have capacity to produce two million litres of whisky in its first year and production capacity can be easily doubled.
It is based in the outskirts of Kinglassie, Fife, and is operated by John Fergus & Co. Since the production began in December they have been making two types of spirit, one named Inchdairnie and one named Strathenry. The Strathenry will be sold for blending to other companies, primarily to project partner MacDuff International, to bring in earlier revenue.
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