Join us and visit the Edradour Distillery.

Near the Edradour distillery lie the ruins of the Lindores Ruins. This is the birthplace of Aquavite (water of life) that later became the whisky we know. Unfortunately the monks of the Abbey were not English reformed Christians, so the Abbey was razed down by an English King.
The earliest records of distilling at the Edradour distillery location date back to 1823. Buy this time the distilling was illegal. The excise Act of 1823 was carried out but the distillery didn't register until 1825. By this time it was known as the Glenforres distillery and was a small farming distillery.
In 1837 James Scott and Duncan Stewart became the official tenants of the distillery. They named it Edradour 'between two rivers'.
In 1938 Irvin Haim becomes legal owner of the distillery. He was a mafia gangster from New York.
During the early times the distillery mostly produced for the blend industry. The most famous brands were House of Lords and Kings Ransom. In 1986 the first 10 year old Edradour was launched and the success story of the Edradour single malt Scotch whisky began.
In the year 2002 Andrew Symington, owner of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage, bought Edradour for 3,5 million pounds.
In 2003 Edradour introduced the first heavily peated malt. The Ballechin heavily peated.
In the following year up until now Andrew Symington puts a lot of effort into the refurbishing and renewing of the distillery. New dunnages were built, the Old Malt Barn was refurbished, a larger hall was built to hold events. Finally in 2012 Andrew Symington was honored by becoming on of the Master of the Quaich.

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