Admission
Standard Tour - £4 per person which includes a £3 discount voucher redeemable against a 70cl bottle of malt whisky in the well stocked Visitor Centre Shop.
'Aromas & Flavours Tour' - £8 per person. To avoid disappointment as places are limited please call to book in advance. Included is a tour of Cardhu Distillery followed by a Tutored Nosing and Tasting of selected Single Malts and Johnnie Walker Blend, combined with a flavour tasting - 'Food and whisky'.
£5 discount voucher redeemable against a 70cl bottle of malt whisky in the well stocked visitor centre shop.
Children under 18 are free of charge. Children under 8 years of age are welcome, but will not be permitted to the production area, due to company policy.
Opening Times
October - Easter:
Mon - Fri: 11am - 3pm
Tour times: 11am, 1pm, 2pm
Easter - June:
Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm
July - Sept:
Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 12noon - 4pm
Closed between Christmas & New Year.
Last Tour:
1 hour before above closing times.
Contact Details
Cardhu Distillery
Knockando
Aberlour
Banffshire
AB38 7RY
Tel: +44(0)1479 874635
Email: cardhu.distillery@diageo.com
Web: http://www.discovering-distilleries.com/cardhu
Cardhu
In 1811 John and Helen Cumming took a 19 year lease on Cardow farm, in the parish of Knockando. Its remote location favoured clandestine production and in 1816 John Cumming was convicted on three occasions for malting and distilling “privately” without a licence. Interestingly and according to family and local tradition, these activities were carried out by his wife Helen. In 1824 John, along with other more experienced distillers, took out a licence under the new Excise Act.
Following John’s death, his son Lewis took over the lease and he concentrated his attention on making a superior whisky, rather than on expanding production like so many distillers of the time. Late in life Lewis married a local girl, Elizabeth Robertson, who carried on the pioneering work of her mother-in-law following Lewis’s death in 1872. In 1884 Elizabeth secured a perpetual lease of four acres of ground, close by the farm, on which she built a new Cardow Distillery. Coming on stream the following year, the new distillery tripled output of the much sought after Cardhu single malt whisky. In 1893, following advances by several would-be purchasers, Elizabeth eventually sold the distillery to John Walker & Sons, Kilmarnock.
We look forward to welcoming you to Cardhu where you can enjoy a guided tour of this long established distillery and taste the superb Cardhu 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, so revered by the Johnnie Walker blenders and single malts connoisseurs.
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