Glenburgie distillery

Glenburgie distillery stands on an estate beside the Mill Buie hills near Kinloss in Moray. It is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, also known as Glenburgie-Glenlivet. The site began as a small operation called Kilnflat as early as 1810. Official records only appear from 1829, after which the distillery closed in 1870 and reopened the following year under new ownership. In 1878 Charles Kay took charge before the business passed to Alex Fraser and Company around 1880. The distillery has changed hands several times across the 19th and 20th centuries. Margaret Nichol became the first female manager of any whisky distillery while running Glenburgie. Hiram Walker acquired the site in 1936, and in 1958 two Lomond stills were installed to produce a separate whisky called Glencraig. After experiments ended in 1981 the distillery returned to regular stills. A full rebuild in 2003–2004 kept only the original stills, and two more were added in 2006 to raise capacity to 4.2 million litres of pure alcohol each year. Visitors find a working distillery set among gentle hills on the Moray coast. The rebuilt plant retains its traditional copper stills alongside modern equipment. Most of the spirit here goes into blends such as Ballantine’s and Old Smuggler. The quiet estate offers views across the surrounding countryside while the stills quietly carry on their century-old work.