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Distillery |
GLENGOYNE DISTILLERY PROFILE |
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The Glengoyne Distillery Is Said to Have Been Founded In 1833.Glengoyne Distillery Lies In A Tranquil Wooded Glen On The Western Edge of The Campsie Fells.It Takes Its Name From Glen |
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Guin, Or 'Glen of The Wild Geese', And Sits At The Foot of A Small Waterfall Tumbling From The Volcanic Plug of Dumgoyne Hill. Glengoyne Distillery Uses Only Specially Selected Unpeated |
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Malted Barley I.E. Barley Which Is Malted Using Air From A Natural Fire And Not A Peat Fire. Thus Resulting In A Whisky That Is Generally Fairly Light. After Glengoyne Was Founded In |
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1833 It Passed Through The Hands of A String of Different Owners, Including John McLelland And Lang Brothers. They Changed The Name of The Distillery to Glen Guin Around 1875, And Then Back Again |
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to Glengoyne Around The Year 1905. Burnfoot Is Another Alternative Name That Has Sometimes Been Used For The Glengoyne Distillery And Glengoyne Whisky In The Past. Glengoyne Distillery History |
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1833 Founded, 1876 Lang Brothers Take Over And Rename Distillery Glen Guin, 1908 Name Changed to Glengoyne, 1965 Lang Brothers Become Part of Robertson & Baxter (Edrington Group), 1966-67 |
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Reconstructed And Stills Increased From 2-3, 2003 Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd. Purchase Glengoyne.(First Actual Distillery. Water Source Blairgar Burn Which Runs From The Campsie Hills (Soft Water). |
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