Glentauchers Distillery 

Mulben, Banffshire, AB55 6YL.
01542 860272
​Glentauchers named after the farm it was built on - there is a Tauchers Hill nearby. I've yet to find a meaning for "Tauchers"
Page updated 11/02/2018
SMWS 63

Visiting

Glentauchers is not open to the public.

Vital Stats

Status Active 
Built 1898
Stills 6 - 3 Wash 3 Spirit 
Capacity 4,500,000 litres 
Owner   Pernod Ricard (Chivas)
Water Source   Rosarie Burn
Washbacks  6 Wood (Larch)
Sited on Tauchers Farm between the road and railway for ease of transport. James Buchanan founded the distillery to supply his Buchanan blend, which ultimately changed its name to Black and White.
Owned by Diageo predecessor United Distillers in the 60s when the still house was expanded from 2 to six stills - it got the glass fronted still room similar to Glendullan, Craigellachie, Caol Ila amongst others.
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Getting There

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Nearest National Rail stations are Elgin (ELG) (14 miles), Keith (KEH) (4). Live train times: ELG, KEH.
Glentauchers is on the A95 Keith to Craigellachie road opposite the turn off for Drummuir.

Range

The only official bottlings of Glentauchers have been in the Chivas Cask Strength Series - available in their distillery Visitor Centres, and occassionally in specialist retailers. As with many other distilleries in the area, Gordon & MacPhail have been producing semi-official bottlings for some time.
​In September 2017, Chivas announced that they would be releasing 15yo expressions of the three malts that are the heart of the Ballentine's blend - Glenburgie, Miltonduff and Glentauchers.    
A few other independent bottlings are also available, but the vast majority of the spirit is destined for blending - principally in Black and White blends in the past, though under current ownership Ballantine's and Teachers.
RMW    TWE    MoM

Cycling

Nearest Bike shops - Elgin: (14 miles)
Bikes and Bowls  7 High Street, Elgin      01343 549656‎
Halfords   Lossie Wynd N, Elgin     01343 552030
​Charlie Millett   Dufftown  01340 820991
Not a shop - has a page on the Dufftown.net website - provides repairs and spares - assisted Whisky Cyclist in 2014 when stranded in Craigellachie with a damaged tyre and in 2017 with a broken pedal.
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Glentauchers Distillery are available on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martynjenkins/sets/72157628548620297/