Whisky Tour: Balvenie Distillery

Todays episode is coming to you live from the Balvenie Distillery The Balvenie distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland, owned by William Grant & Sons. William Grant was born on 19 December 1839 in his father's house in Dufftown. At seven he began herding cattle at a farm on the upper reaches of the River Deveron. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker then worked as a clerk, and then became a bookkeeper at Mortlach distillery 1866. There he was appointed as a clerk and then manager and learned the distilling trade. After about twenty years, Grant left his job at the Mortlach distillery and bought a field near Balvenie Castle. He then drew up plans for his distillery, and the foundation stone was laid in the autumn of 1886. Grant remained active in the company until his death in 1923 at the age of 83. In early 1892 work began to convert an 18th-century mansion (Balvenie New House) into a distillery.The building took fifteen months to complete, and on 1 May 1893, the first distillation took place at the Balvenie Distillery. David Stewart MBE, Balvenie's Malt Master, is one of the industry's most experienced experts and began working with William Grant & Sons in 1962. He is perhaps most famous for being the first to create the process that would later be known as wood finishing, a process whereby whiskies are matured in one type of cask, such as ex-Bourbon barrels, then transferred into a second cask type (such as ex Sherry, Port or Rum) resulting in a greater depth and complexity of the final flavour of the whisky. He received his MBE from Queen Elizabeth II on the 5th of July, 2016 for his services to the Scotch Whisky Industry. WATCH NEXT: 🥃 Balvenie 30 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky -    • Balvenie 30 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Wh...   🥃The Balvenie A day of Dark Barley 26 year old Scotch Whisky -    • The Balvenie A day of Dark Barley 26 year ...   🥃The Balvenie Sweet Toast of American Oak -    • The Balvenie Sweet Toast of American Oak 1...   🥃The BALVENIE SCOTCH Whisky Tasting -    • The BALVENIE SCOTCH Whisky Tasting Review ...   Whisky/Whiskey Reviews are filmed on location at Death and Taxes Brisbane, Australia. Come Say HI! Website: https://www.deathandtaxesbar.com.au/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deathandtax... Facebook   / deathandtaxesbrisbane