Coleburn Distillery (closed)     

Longmorn, Elgin, Morayshire, IV38 8SN.
www.coleburn.co.uk

The distillery's name does not have a Gaelic origin, it's believed to allude to the area previously being known for charcoal burning.
Page updated 01/05/16
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Visiting

Coleburn was closed in 1985, and the buildings have been used as a venue for weddings, conferences and ceilidhs. 
It is now the centre of operations for independent bottlers Murray McDavid, who mature their casks in Coleburn's warehouses. Their long term plans include the possibility of re-opening the distillery.
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Vital Stats

Status Closed 1985 
Built 1896 
Stills  (4)
Capacity    
Last Owner Diageo
Water Source  (On site well)
Washbacks  
Another Charles Chree Doig designed distillery from the late 1890s, but though it got through the Pattison crisis, it didn't survive the 1980s whisky glut, which also claimed Convalmore, Banff, Hillside, the Inverness distilleries (Glen Albyn, Glen Mhor & Millburn), Port Ellen, Banff, North Port (Brechin), Dallas Dhu, Glenugie, Glenury Royal and St Magdalene (Linlithgow).
The distillery can be seen from the A941 just before the top of the road from Elgin - the pagoda roof clearly indicating the presence of a (former) distillery - see pictures below and right.
Malt Madness, WhiskyMerchants.co.uk

Getting There

Click the Google logo on the above map to see the area in Google Maps.
Open Cycle Map   Sustrans Map 
Coleburn Distillery is off the A941 road from Elgin to Rothes, just past the top of the hill and sharp turn of the road . 
Nearest station is  Elgin (ELG)  (5 miles) Live Train Times.  If your bike's laid up, there's a bus stop at the end of the road. 

Range

A few independent bottlings can still be found - expensively. Diageo did release a 21yo Rare Malts expression in 2000 - the only distillery bottling ever released. Most of the production went into Ushers or Johnnie Walker Red Label.
LFW, RMW, TWE

Cycling

Nearest Bike shops - Elgin: 
Bikes and Bowls     7 High Street, Elgin            01343 549656‎
Halfords    Lossie Wynd N, Elgin                        01343 552030
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Coleburn Distillery are available on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martynjenkins/sets/72157628619235635/