Dailuaine

About Dailuaine

A major rebuild in 1884 turned Dailuaine into one of the biggest distilleries in Speyside. It was also the first distillery to install one of Charles Doig’s pagoda-style kiln roofs, a detail that gives it an important place in Scotch whisky history. In 1898, Dailuaine merged with Talisker, and in 1917 a fire destroyed the pagoda roof and forced the distillery to close until it reopened in 1920.

Today Dailuaine is owned by Diageo and remains a working Speyside distillery with six stills. Most of its whisky goes into blends rather than regular single malt releases, which is why Dailuaine is seen less often on the shelf under its own name than many other Speyside distilleries. When it does appear officially as a single malt, the best-known bottling is the 16-year-old Flora & Fauna release.

At the end of the 19th century Dailuaine was the largest Single Malt distillery in Speyside, and also one of the most innovative in terms of design. Dailuaine is also home to a dark grains plant and processes all of the spent grains from Diageo’s southern and central sites. If you see clouds of smoke rising from a riverside glen as you drive by the slopes of Ben Rinnes, that’s Dailuaine at work.