Speyside > Glen Keith

Chivas Brothers founded the distillery in 1957. It was built on the site of an old meal mill on the bank of the River Isla. Glen Keith was an experimental laboratory for Chivas during its short lifespan with many innovative ideas, which went on to influenced many other distilleries.  Glen Keith was originally set up with three stills; a wash still, a low wines still and a spirit still. This practice continued until 1970 when two further stills were added which were gas fired, the first of its kind in Scotland. The original Saladin box maltings were decommissioned in 1976. In 1980 microprocessors were installed to control mashing, milling and distilling. A technical centre and laboratory were added later. A sixth still was installed in 1983. The distillery was mothballed in 2000 and changed into Pernod Ricard's hands in 2001 after they acquired Chivas Brothers from Seagram's. The first official bottling was released in 1994; it was a 10 year old in the Seagram's Heritage Selection. It is very hard to obtain nowadays, but other bottlings are available through independents.

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