A place where we will distil, mature, and bottle a Single Malt Scotch Whisky of unparalleled provenance and repute. Made in harmony with our Highland rural community, to herald the return of real Cabrach whisky after a long sleep of over 170 years.
As a purpose-driven, community-owned distillery, this project aspires to meet the highest social and environmental standards.
With mashing and fermenting via our half-tonne mash tun and six wooden washbacks, our highly limited, hand-crafted Single Malt Scotch Whisky will be born from small Forsyths stills, cooled by traditional worm tubs, with the majority of casks maturing here in The Cabrach.
Complementing our 2,500 litre wash still and 1,800 litre spirit still, we’ll have a unique 1,250 litre direct-fired pot still, cooled via a small, internal worm tub, reminiscent of what production looked like in the Cabrach in the early 1800s. A time when real Cabrach whisky shared top billing with The Glenlivet.
Our distillery will embrace historic methods, rooted in and reflecting the manufacture and production of Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the 1800s. A time when “real Cabrach whisky” was widely acclaimed
Our historically-inspired Single Malt Scotch Whisky will be hand-crafted, distilled the way it would have been at the cusp of the move from illicit to legal distilling at the dawn of the 1800’s. We aspire to produce an authentic Single Malt, made for a fuller flavour. Using softly smoked local barley, then painstakingly distilled in reborn stills, and finally, matured in high-quality wood.
Additionally, our small single still will produce a limited-edition, rare Single Malt, using distinctive barley strains produced in a tiny direct-fired farmhouse pot still. The historic still is affectionally named ‘The Buck’ after the rugged tor that dominates the wild landscape that was once home to illicit Scotch whisky distilling centuries ago
Are you of legal drinking age in your country?
Unfortunately, due to your age we cannot let you in our site at this time.
