VisitingStrathmill Distillery is not open to the public. I visited during the Spirit of Speyside Festival 2013.
Vital Stats
Strathmill was originally a flour mill, there was some illicit distillation on the site from 1825, but distilling had ceased by 1837 when the site was in operation as a mill again. In 1891 it was once again converted into a distillery, initially called Glenisla, renamed Strathmill when bought by Gilbey's the Gin company - many mergers and takeovers later they are part of Diageo.
Spirit is not filled into casks at Strathmill - it's tankered to Auchroisk, though some is brought back to mature at Strathmill. Malt Madness WhiskyMerchants.co.uk scotchwhisky.com |
Getting ThereClick the Google logo on the above map to see access Directions, Street View etc.
Open Cycle Map Bing Map Glen Keith Aultmore Strathisla Distilleries Speyside Distilleries Deveron The nearest station: Keith (KEH) (1 mile) Live Train Times. Actually the nearest station is Keith Town - the Keith end of the preserved Keith & Dufftown Railway. Strathmill Distillery is off the A96 along an un-named road by the bridge over the River Isla. There's a sign for the Distillery at the end of the road - Strathmill itself is about 600 yards down this road, back across the river sandwiched between it and the railway. RangeStrathmill is bottled at 12yo (43%) for Diageo's Flora and Fauna range, and has also been released in 2014 as a Diageo Special Release - 25yo (52.4%).
There are a few Independent bottlings but, as the distillery sign suggests, most of the production is for J&B. RMW TWE MoM CyclingNearest Bike shops - Elgin:(16 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 a broken pedal in 2017. |
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Strathmill Distillery are available on Flickr.
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