Admission
Cardhu Distillery Tour - £4 (voucher £3 off purchase x 1 70cl bottle of whisky)
Guided tour of the whisky making process at Cardhu Distillery and short history rounded off by a dram of Cardhu.
'Glassic Tour' - £6 (vopucher £3 off purchase x 1 7ocl bottle of whisky)
Guided tour of the whisky making process at Cardhu Distillery and short history rounded off by a tutored nosing and tasting of 3 of our single malts. Complimentary glass.
Our Cardhu Distillery Tour lasts approximately 45 minutes and our 'Glassic Tour' 1 hour.
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, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Easter Weekend;
Sat23rd April 10am - 5pm
Sun 24th April 11am - 4pm
Easter - June:
Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm
July - Sept:
Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
Christmas Dates
Closed from 23rd December 2011 re-open 4th January 2012.
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 or the sought after Cardhu Special Cask Reserve.
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