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Dallas Dhu (silent)

Dallas Dhu (silent)

(DAL-las DOO) Dallas Dhu was built in 1898 near Forres by entrepreneur Alexander Edward, originally under the name Dallasmore. Before production began, it was sold to Glasgow blending firm Wright & Greig, which renamed it Dallas Dhu to link the distillery to its Roderick Dhu blend. The first barrel was filled on 3 June 1899, and the distillery was designed in the late 19th-century style associated with Charles Doig.

(DAL-las DOO) Dallas Dhu was built in 1898 near Forres by entrepreneur Alexander Edward, originally under the name Dallasmore. Before production began, it was sold to Glasgow blending firm Wright & Greig, which renamed it Dallas Dhu to link the distillery to its Roderick Dhu blend. The first barrel was filled on 3 June 1899, and the distillery was designed in the late 19th-century style associated with Charles Doig.

About Dallas Dhu (silent)

(DAL-las DOO) Dallas Dhu was built in 1898 near Forres by entrepreneur Alexander Edward, originally under the name Dallasmore. Before production began, it was sold to Glasgow blending firm Wright & Greig, which renamed it Dallas Dhu to link the distillery to its Roderick Dhu blend. The first barrel was filled on 3 June 1899, and the distillery was designed in the late 19th-century style associated with Charles Doig.

For most of its working life, Dallas Dhu produced malt whisky for blending rather than as a widely seen single malt. Its history included several long interruptions: it closed during the First World War, changed hands after the collapse of J.P. O’Brien & Co, shut again during the Great Depression, and was badly damaged by fire in 1939. Production resumed in 1947, but the distillery eventually closed in 1983, with excess stock, falling demand and an unreliable water supply all cited as reasons.

The site was later preserved as Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery, and it remains one of the clearest surviving examples of how a small Scotch malt distillery operated before later modernisation changed the industry. Today it forms part of the Malt Whisky Trail, with the old malt barn, mash tun and still house kept as part of the visitor experience rather than returned to regular production.

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