Our distillery built on a rocky bluff situated above the confluence of the river Fiddich and the river Spey Craigellachie lies in the heart of Speyside. Old fashioned in 1891

A Style Seldom Met

In 1891 a Whisky Expert noted that Craigellachie represented a style of whisky “seldom met with now”, which we took as a compliment. Today we still use old-fashioned Worm Tubs to cool our spirit and bestow it with extra flavour, creating a dram to rival whiskies twice its age.

Worm Tubs

A Worm Tub is a long copper tube, sitting in a large tank of cold water, which snakes back and forth and gradually gets narrower. In 1891 many distilleries condensed their spirit this way, giving their whiskies a distinctive, meaty character. Craigellachie is one of very few still benefiting from this traditional technique.