Glenfiddich Distillery

Dufftown, Speyside, Scotland · established 1887

Owner

William Grant & Sons (family owned)

Stills

Numerous small stills; copper workshop on site

Water

Robbie Dhu springs

House style

Fresh pear, apple and malt; solera-vatted 15yo

Peat

0 PPM — Unpeated

The story

William Grant built it with his nine children and a secondhand set of stills. In 1963 Glenfiddich pioneered marketing single malt worldwide.

Tours

• Explorers tour — Classic intro; the solera vat is the highlight

Around Glenfiddich

• Balvenie Castle (History) — 13th-century ruin beside the distillery
• Dufftown clock tower (Village) — 'Malt whisky capital of the world'

Official site: glenfiddich.com