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• History of distillery- Bruichladdich distillery
  • First opened in 1881 by the Harvey brothers, William, John and Robert
    • The Harvey Family owned 2 glasgow distilleries already
    • State of the art. Other Islay distilleries came from farms, this one is built of stone.
    • Used tall narrow necked stills, the opposite of the traditional
    • William was the only one to run it after a fight with his brothers, until 1933 after a fire, then william died in 1936
    • Then owned by Associated Scottish Distilleries
    • 1969 sold to invergordon distillers
    • bought by Whyte and Mackay and in 1994 shut down for “Surplus to requirements
  • on the shore of Loch Indaal, on the Rinns of Islay, the westernmost part of the island.
  • Re-opened their doors in 2001
    • Bought by Mark Reynier of Murray McDavid on 19 December 2000.
  • Philosophy
    • Big on environmental causes
      • 2020 became the first scotch and gin distillery in europe to become B Corp certified- meaning they prove a positive impact on the environment
    • Uses local barley and believes in staying local for everything

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