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Tomatin (whisky distillery)
Coordinates: 57°20′20″N 4°0′33″W / 57.33889°N Tomatin is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the
4.00917°W / 57.33889; -4.00917 Tomatin Distillery in the village of Tomatin. Its whisky is
Tomatin of the Highland region.
Although it is thought that whisky has been distilled
on the site since the 16th century, when cattle drovers
would buy from a local still,[1] the distillery was not es-
tablished until 1897, under the name of Tomatin Spey
Distillery Co Ltd. The company went bankrupt in 1906,
and reopened under new ownership in 1909. After the
liquidation of its owners in 1986, it was taken over by Ja-
panese conglomerate Takara Shozu and was renamed To-
matin Distillery Co Ltd.
The distillery operated with only two stills until 1958.
Starting at that time, the began to add stills to increase
Tomatin Distillery production capacity, eventually reaching production of
twelve million liters of whisky per year during the 1970’s.
Region: Highland
Since the mid 1980’s, stills have been dismantled, bring-
Location Inverness ing their total capacity to just over five million liters,
though as of 2007, they were only producing 2.5 million
Owner Takara Shuzo Corp.
liters.
Founded 1897 Around eighty percent of Tomatin’s whisky goes into
Status Operational blended whisky, including its own brands of Antiquary
and Talisman. The distillery, as of late, has been making
Water Alt-na-Frith Burn an effort to bolster it’s name as a producer of single malt
source
whisky, and is expanding its core range. In 2003 To-
Number of 12 wash matin’s basic 10 Year Old malt was replaced by the 12
stills 11 spirit Year Old. In 2009, a 15 Year was added to the lineup,
Capacity 5,050,000 liters per year which also includes an 18 Year and a 25 Year. Other limit-
ed release are often made, including a 30-year, a 40-year
Tomatin and single-cask offerings.
Type Single Malt
Age(s) Twelve Year, Fifteen Year, Eighteen Year, References
Twenty Five
[1] Wishart, David (2006). Whisky Classified: Choosing
Antiquary Single Malts by Flavour. Pavilion Books. pp. 240.
ISBN 1862057168. http://books.google.co.uk/
Type Blended
books?id=0xiG85Frej4C.
Age(s) Twelve Year Old, Twenty One Year Old, 1977
Talisman External links
Type Blended • Official website
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