• タグ別アーカイブ: Forres
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    Dallas Dhu Distillery(22 Sep 2007)



    Forresの中心部から南へ約2kmにあるDallas Dhu蒸留所は1898年、企業家のAlexander EdwardによってDallas Mhor蒸留所としてForresからGrantown on Speyへの鉄道の側に建設された。しかし彼は操業開始直前の1899年にグラスゴーのブレンド会社、Wright & Greig社に売却。名前を"Dallas Dhu"に変更し操業が開始された。
    しかしいくつかのブームにのって建てられた蒸留所と同じ様に何度かオーナーが変わり、最終的に1929年にDCLに買収された。その間、操業は続けられていたが1930年から6年間操業が停止された。
    その後、Dallas Dhu蒸留所は1939年に起きた火災で施設が被害を受け、加えて第二次世界大戦のために操業が再開されたのは1947年となった。

    Dallas Dhu Distillery, which stands on the site about 2km south from Forres Town Centre, was established in 1898 by Alexander Edward who was an entrepreneur beside a railroad from Forres to Grantown on Spey as Dallas Mhor Distillery. However, he sold the distillery to blending company of Glasgow, Wright & Greig, Ltd before the distillery went into production in 1899. They changed the distillery name to Dallas Dhu and started whisky production.
    However, The owner of distillery was changed in the same way as some of distilleries which were built during the Whisky Boom in the 19th. Finally, Dallas Dhu Distillery was acquired by DCL(later United Distillers) in 1929. The whisky production had been continued since 1899, but the distillery was mothballed from 1930 to 1936.
    Dallas Dhu Distillery was damaged with much of its equipment by a fire, and World War 2 broke out. So, reopening of the distillery was delayed until 1947.

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    The Way to Dallas Dhu Distillery(22 Sep 2007)



    Dallas Dhu蒸留所は地図上ではForresの中心部から南へ約2kmの所にある。これぐらいは徒歩圏内。Benromach蒸留所を後にして町の風景を楽しみながら歩く。
    やがて町並みは途切れ牧草地の丘を進む道路は上り坂。重たいカメラバッグに加えてBenromach蒸留所で買ったウィスキー・・・スコットランドの旅はいつもこのパターン。
    ようやく丘を登り切って下りにさしかかった時、モルトキルンと古い造りの煙突が見えてきた。もう少しで到着だ。
    でも同じ道を帰るのだから、また上り坂が・・・いや今は考えるのをやめよう。Dallas Dhu蒸留所の見学を楽しもう。

    Dallas Dhu Distillery was about 2km south from Forres town centre on the map. It was within walking distance for me. After I left Benromach Distillery, I walked to Dallas Dhu Distillery and enjoyed the scenery of town.
    After a while, the scenery was changed and the road which passed through the hill of meadows was an uphill slope. And I was holding a heavy camera bag and a bottle of whisky which I bought at Benromach Distillery.
    I often faced this situation during Scotland tour, it was a very hard!
    When I finished climbing the hill and approached the down slope, a malt kiln and an old style chimney came in sight. It would be arrive shortly.
    However, I had to come back through the same way, uphill slope again…
    No, let’s stop thinking now, enjoy the distillery tour at Dallas Dhu Distillery!

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    Benromach Distillery(22 Sep 2007)



    Forres駅の近くにあるBenromach蒸留所は1898年の創業。しかしいくつかの19世紀末のウィスキーブームに乗って建てられた蒸留所と同じ様に操業は順調ではなく、1900年からウィスキー造りは開始されたがすぐに停止。
    1911年には早くもオーナーが代わり、操業を再開したが第一次世界大戦のため、休止。その後幾度もオーナーが代わって操業を再開するもすぐ停止を繰り返し、最終的に1953年にDCLが買収し、操業を再開した。
    1966年に蒸留所は建て直され、1974年に設備の近代化が行われたが1983年に閉鎖された。
    1993年にElginの瓶詰業者であるGordon & MacPhail社が買収し、5年間の改装工事を経て1998年に操業を再開した。
    小規模蒸留所なので買収や生産調整の対象になりやすかったのかも知れない。現在もその規模はあまり変わってない。

    Benromach Distillery was established in 1898 near Forres Station. However, the bussiness was not doing well in the same way as some of distilleries which were built during the Whisky Boom in the 19th, whisky production was started in 1900, but stopped immediately.
    The owner was changed in 1911 and restarted the operation, but stopped because of World War 1. After that, the distillery was repeated changing a owner, restarting and stopping.
    Finally, Benromach Distillery was acquired by DCL((later United Distillers) in 1953 and restarted making whisky.
    The distillery was rebuilt in 1966 and renovated in 1974, but it was closed in 1983.
    In 1993, Benromach Distillery was acquired by Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottler in Elgin, and restarted whisky production after restoration for 5 years.
    It might be easy to become a target of the purchase and the production adjustment because of a small distillery. The scale doesn’t change very much now.

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