Old Speyside Distillery(16 Sep 2007)
Speyside蒸留所はBallindallochの大地主、George MacPherson Grant氏が元GlenGrant蒸留所であるGeorge Grant氏を迎えてKingussieの中心部に近い広い土地に建設した当時としては最新式の蒸留所だった。1895年に操業を開始したが何らかの理由で1910年までに操業を停止した。
なぜ操業を停止したのかは詳しい記録が無いので不明だが、有名な蒸留所建築家、Charles Doigに意見を求めたので構造上の不具合があったのかも知れない。
最終的に蒸留所は1911年に売却され、会社は解散した。ほとんどの建物は取り壊され、現在事務所の建物が残る。広い敷地は駐車場と公園になっている。
当時の蒸留所の写真はOld Kingussie and Badenoch
Speyside Distillery was established by the Laird of Ballindalloch, Sir George MacPherson Grant and former Glen Grant Distillery’s Manager, George Grant. The distillery was build at a large site in west of Kingussie, it was a modern distillery at the time.
Speyside Distillery started to operate in 1895, but stopped by 1910 because of trouble.
The reoson what didn’t work at distillery was unrecorded, but they asked the great distillery architect Charles Doig for his advice. It might be structural problem.
Finally, Speyside Distillery was sold and company was wound up in 1911. Most of buildings were demolished, the office building is remaining. The large site become a parking area and park.
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Speyside Distillery(16 Sep 2007)
Kinugussieの町から南東へ約4km。River Tromieの辺にあるSpeyside蒸留所は1990年に新設された新しい蒸留所。でもその建物は美しい石造りで古い雰囲気があって、昔の製粉所をイメージしたのか水車まである。地図には”Tromie Mills”とあるから古くは近くに工場があったのかも知れない。
蒸留所の写真を撮っていると敷地を流れる川の向こうに鹿が様子を伺いにきた。鹿を見慣れている奈良人とはいえ、警戒心の強い本当の野生の鹿は勝手が違う。シャッターを切ろうとした瞬間に走り去った。
Speyside Distillery lie about 4km south east, beside River Truim, a branch of River Spey. It was build in 1990. However stone buildings have classical atmosphere. There is a water wheel like old mills.
When I took photos of distillery, a deer was standing to wait and saw me at the opposite side of river flowing in the land of distillery. My hometown, Nara is famous for deers of Kasuga Shrine, so I sometimes watch and take photo of deers, but real wild deers are cautious. When I was going to release the shutter, the deer ran away.
