Glencadam distillery
{{Short description|Scottish Malt Whisky distillery}}
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{{Infobox Scottish Distillery
| Name = Glencadam distillery
| Type = highland
| Image = Glencadam Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 779592.jpg
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| Location = Brechin, Angus
| Owner = Angus Dundee plc
| Founded = 1825
| Status = Operational
| Source = River South Esk
| Stills = 1 wash (14,000 L){{Cite web|url=https://www.whisky.com/whisky-database/distilleries/details/fdb/Distilleries/Details//glencadam.html|title=Glencadam Distillery - Whisky.com|date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312074336/https://www.whisky.com/whisky-database/distilleries/details/fdb/Distilleries/Details//glencadam.html|archive-date=2016-03-12}}
1 spirit (14,000 L)
| Capacity = 1,500,000 litres/per annum
| Brand 1 = Glencadam
| Type 1 = Single malt
| Age 1 = 10 year-old
13 year-old
15 year-old
17 year-old
18 year-old
19 year-old
21 year-old
25 year-old
| Cask 1 = Bourbon casks
Port pipes
Oloroso sherry casks
| ABV 1 = 46%
| Brand 2 = Angus Dundee
Scottish Royal
James Parker
Mackillops Choice
| Type 2 = Blended whisky or Vatted malt
| Age 2 = ~ 8 Years to 30 Years
| Cask 2 = Bourbon Casks
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Glencadam distillery is a distillery in Brechin, Angus, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky. The distillery is owned by Angus Dundee plc and produces one malt whisky, with the remainder of production sold to blenders or used within Angus Dundee plc for use in blended whisky brands.
History
The Glencadam Distillery was founded in 1825,{{cite book | last = Milroy | first = Wallace | title = The Original Malt Whisky Almanac; A Taster's Guide | publisher = Neil Wilson Publishing | year = 1998 | location = Glasgow, Scotland | pages = 83 | isbn = 1-897784-68-6 }} by merchant George Cooper, about 200 yards from Brechin Distillery.{{cite book | last = Morrice | first = Philip | title = The Schweppes Guide To Scotch | publisher = Alphabooks | year = 1983 | location = Sherborne, Dorset | pages = 164 | isbn = 0-906670-29-2 }} David Scott was the proprietor from 1827 to 1837.{{cite web |url=http://www.whiskymerchants.co.uk/glencadam/4521402808 |title=Glencadam Single Malt Scotch Whisky |access-date=2007-12-28 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002194446/http://www.whiskymerchants.co.uk/glencadam/4521402808 |url-status=dead }} The distillery changed hands a number of times between 1837 and 1891. Gilmour, Thompson & Company Limited purchased the distillery in 1891 and used some of the Glencadam product in their Royal Blend brand of blended whiskey. The distillery, as with most others, reduced production during World War II owing to fuel and grain rationing.
Hiram Walker bought the distillery in 1954, they were bought by George Ballantine & Son Ltd two years later. In 1988 the ownership of the distillery passed to Allied Domecq during consolidation in the industry.
Allied Domecq mothballed the distillery in 2000 before selling the distillery to the present owners, Angus Dundee plc in 2003. Angus Dundee also owns the Tomintoul Distillery.
The present owners quickly resumed production and the product from the distillery is used in their own blended and vatted malt whisky products, which are also being sold to other blenders. In July 2010{{cite web|title=Glencadam Website|url=http://www.glencadamdistillery.co.uk/glen/prod.htm|publisher=Angus Dundee Distillers plc|access-date=25 November 2012|archive-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622101843/http://www.glencadamdistillery.co.uk/glen/prod.htm|url-status=dead}} Glencadam Malt Whisky was available in a range of official bottlings aged 10 to 21 years, as a component of Ballantine's and Stewart's Cream of the Barley blended whiskies, Angus Dundee's own blended and vatted whiskies, and in a number of other blended brands. Independent bottlings were also readily available, both as single malt and as vatted malts.
In November 2008, Angus Dundee plc re-launched the Glencadam line with new packaging and added a new 10 year-old single malt. Then, in July 2010 the company added three new expressions: a 21-year-old, a 12-year-old finished in port wood, and a 14-year-old finished in an oloroso sherry cask. More recently a 17-year-old finished in port wood was also released.
In 2023, the distillery relaunched its 18-year-old whisky, which it had withdrawn from the market in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-28 |title=Glencadam 18 Years nach Jahren der Abwesenheit bald wieder erhältlich • CaptainScotch.de |url=https://captainscotch.de/news/glencadam-18-years-relaunch-2023/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=CaptainScotch.de |language=de-DE}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.angusdundee.co.uk Angus Dundee plc] (Note you must be over 18 years of age to enter this site.)
- [http://www.glencadamwhisky.com/ Glencadam Whisky]
{{Scottish Distilleries}}
Category:Distilleries in Scotland
Category:1825 establishments in Scotland