Distilleries · Scottish Highlands
Teaninich
In or near Evanton.
Teaninich — Whisky/spirit distillery.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
- Nearest railway station
- Alness · 0.7 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Teaninich is a working distillery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1817. Wikidata describes it as: "Whisky/spirit distillery.". Coordinates: 57.6914°, -4.2609°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Teaninich distillery () is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alness, Scotland.
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Background
History
Teaninich distillery was founded and built in 1817 by Hugh Munro on his estate of Teaninich Castle. Despite an initial difficulty of procuring barley whisky owing to a high demand from illegal distilleries, by 1830 Teaninich produced 30 times more spirit than it did at its founding. As an officer he spent most of his time in India, so he decided to rent the distillery out to Robert Pattison in 1850. The lease lasted to 1869 after which Munro leased it to John McGilchrist Ross. In 1904 Cameron, who also owned stakes in Benrinnes, Linkwood and Tamdhu, took over the distillery completely. After Cameron died in 1933 the distillery was sold to The Distillers Company . The four older stills…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 57.6914, -4.2609
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV17 0XB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- Established
- 1817
- Nearest railway station
- Alness — 0.7 km
Sources
- osm: w978000371 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Teaninich distillery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Teaninich Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 1234906.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Teaninich?
- Teaninich is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV17 0XB).
- What is Teaninich?
- Teaninich — Whisky/spirit distillery.
- How do I get to Teaninich?
- The nearest railway station is Alness, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode IV17 0XB.
- When was Teaninich built?
- Built or established in 1817.
- Who owns Teaninich?
- Teaninich is owned by Diageo.
- How do I get to Teaninich?
- The nearest railway station is Alness, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IV17 0XB.