Ben Nevis Distillery(8 May 2006)
Ben Nevis蒸留所は1825年創業の古い蒸留所で、この地区で最初の合法的な蒸留所とAlfred Barnardの著書にも記述されている。しかしウィスキー産業の状況により、1983年に操業停止に追い込まれた。その後1989年にニッカウィスキーが買収して1990年に操業再開された。
その頃には竹鶴氏は既に故人となっていたが、生きていたらこの状況をどう思ったのだろうか。
Ben Nevis Distillery was build in 1985, according to The whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, written by Alfred Barnard, the first legal distillery in this area.
Unfortunately, Ben Nevis Distillery was forced to shut down in 1983 because of the situation of whisky industry. After that it was acquired in 1989 by Nikka Whisky, then has restarted to operate in 1990.
By that time, Mr. Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky, has been aleady the deceased, but if he were alive, I wonder if he thought this situation.
- タグ別アーカイブ: Fort William
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Glenlochy Distillery(7 May 2006)
Fort Williamの中心から東へしばらく歩くと独特の形をしたキルンが見えてくる。
ウィスキーブーム末期の1898年に創業されたGlenlochy蒸留所はその後のいくつかの危機を乗り越えたが最終的に1983年に閉鎖された。現在はその建物がFlatやGuest Houseとして利用されている。
There was a distillery called Glenlochy in the east of Fort William. It was established in 1898, the end of Whisky Boom. After that, there were some crisis, but they got over them. However, it finally was closed in 1983.
Now, some buildings of Glenlochy Distillery are used as a flat and a guest house.
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Fort William(1)
Ben Nevis Distillery(7 May 2006)
雨の降る中、20分程歩いてBen Nevis蒸留所に着いた。今日は日曜日なので蒸留所も静かだ。背後にあるBen Nevisも今日は見えない。時折カモメの鳴き声と隣の牧場にいるHighland Cattleの鼻息が聞こえる。
雨が弱くなるのを待って写真を撮る。曇り空の蒸留所も悪くはない。そして明日の好天を願って蒸留所を後にした。
After walking for about 20 minutes from Fort William in the rain, I arrived at Ben Nevis Distillery. It was really silent because of Sunday. I wasn’t able to see Ben Nevis behind the distillery. Sometimes I heard a call of seagull and a snort of Highland Cattle at a farm next to the distillery.
I waited until rain got weak, and started to take photographs for the distillery. The distillery in cloudy weather was not so bad. After that I left Ben Nevis Distillery with a hope of fine weather tomorrow.
