Edradour distillery

Edradour is a Highland single malt whisky distillery in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Its name in Scottish Gaelic means ‘between two rivers’. The distillery was founded in 1825 by three men, originally part of a farmers’ consortium led by Duncan Forbes. In 1933 the Mackintosh family sold it to William Whiteley & Co. Campbell Distillers, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard, acquired Edradour in 1982. Since 2002 it has been owned by Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Company, an independent bottler based in the same town. The distillery still produces eighteen casks each week. Its wash still holds 4,200 litres and the spirit still 2,200 litres. Edradour avoids artificial colouring and chill filtration in all its whiskies. A 12-year-old non-chill-filtered malt is one of its offerings, some of which goes into the House of Lords and Clan Campbell blends. For two days every week the distillery makes a heavily peated version called Ballechin, named after a former distillery nearby. Visitors find a small working distillery with two stills and modest equipment. The Ballechin production runs on set days, giving a glimpse of peated whisky in the making. Signatory’s ownership means the site keeps its traditional methods while supplying independent bottlings. The surrounding Perthshire landscape provides a quiet, rural setting for the distillery.