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Edradour
Founded
1837
Region
Highland
Status
Operational
Production type
Single Malt
Production capacity
260,000 litres per year
Edradour is malt distillery located near Pitlochry in the Highland region of Scotland. The distillery has been operational in its current site since 1937, however claims an establishment date of 1825 based on legal distilling carried out nearby by one of its founders, Duncan Forbes. It is today owned by the independent bottler-turner-distiller, Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Company, who acquired it from Pernod Ricard in 2002.
The distillery's primary production is a non-peated single malt which under current ownership is mostly aged in ex-sherry casks. It also produces a heavily peated spirit that it markets as Ballechin.
The first Edradour single malt was bottled in the late 1970s by Pernod Ricard via its Scotch whisky division, S. Campbell & Son (later known as Campbell Distillers), in the shape of a rare 12-year-old release. The first concerted marketing of the Edradour brand did not take place until 1986 however, with the launch of a 10-year-old expression. It was available in both glass bottles and ceramic jug-style decanters until 2002 when the distillery was sold to Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Company.
Following the takeover, the brand was relaunched in its now traditional squat bottle shape with a new 10-year-old called The Distillery Edition. This has been the flagship product ever since, now joined in the core range by a cream liqueur and Caledonia, a 12-year-old produced in collaboration with Dougie MacLean who wrote the popular Scottish song of the same name. These are supported by regular and numerous limited editions, including unusual single sherry cask versions of the 10-year-old which are actually released co-branded via Signatory Vintage and its flagship The Un-Chillfiltered Collection.
2002-present
1982-2002
1933-1982
Edradour Distillery
Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH15 5JP
Scotland
