North British 1990 Adelphi 12 Year Old
70cl / 67.5%
£79 Out of stock
| Country | scotland |
| Region | Lowland |
| Established | 1826 |
| Owner | Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) at closure; name now held by Adelphi Distillery Ltd |
| Type | Malt and grain (Lowland) |
| Number of stills | 4 pot stills plus 1 Coffey (patent) still (by 1886) |
| Visitor center | No |
| Status | Closed |
| Phone | n/a |
Adelphi Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery that once stood in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, on the south bank of the River Clyde near Victoria Bridge, in the Lowland region of Scotland. It was founded in 1826 by brothers Charles and David Gray and remained in production until 1907. Although the original distillery no longer exists, its name lives on today through Adelphi Distillery Ltd, an independent bottler founded by a descendant of one of its founders.
Adelphi was established in 1826 by Charles and David Gray on a site just south of Victoria Bridge in the Gorbals district of Glasgow. The Gray family operated the distillery for over five decades before selling it in 1880 to A. Walker and Co, a firm that also ran distilling operations in Ireland and England. The new owners invested heavily in the site, adding a Coffey (patent) still to the existing pot stills so that Adelphi could produce both malt and grain spirit. By 1886 the distillery held four pot stills alongside the Coffey still, giving it a substantial annual capacity of around 516,000 imperial gallons (roughly 2,350,000 litres) of pure alcohol, making it one of the larger distilleries in the Glasgow area at the time.
In 1902 Adelphi was purchased by the Distillers Company Limited (DCL), the powerful Scotch whisky combine, and distilling at the site was halted completely by 1907 as DCL rationalised its portfolio of Lowland distilleries. The redundant buildings stood for decades afterwards before being demolished between 1968 and 1970, with the distillery's chimney finally dismantled in 1971; no trace of the original site remains today. Original bottlings from the Victorian-era Adelphi distillery are essentially unobtainable and would be of significant interest to collectors were any to surface. The Adelphi name itself was revived in 1993 when Jamie Walker, great-grandson of one of the founding Gray brothers, launched Adelphi Distillery Ltd as an independent bottler, later selling the company in 2004 to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston. The modern firm, which selects casks through a nosing panel chaired by whisky critic Charles MacLean, went on to build its own working distillery, Ardnamurchan, on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, carrying the Adelphi name forward into a new era of production.
Adelphi distillery is located at Gorbals, near Victoria Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland (site demolished 1968-1970; no longer extant).
Adelphi distillery was founded in 1826.
Adelphi distillery is owned by Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) at closure; name now held by Adelphi Distillery Ltd.
Adelphi distillery is from Lowland, scotland.
You can buy Adelphi whisky at Glenbotal.co.uk. We currently stock 2 bottles with free UK delivery on orders over £99.
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