Knockando 12 Year Old

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Title: Knockando 12 Year Old Category: Top 10+ Whisky Brands Origin: Scotland Listing added: May 24, 2009 Comments: 0 PageRank: 0/10

Knockando is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at Knockando, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland.
Knockando Distillery was built by John Thomson in 1898, and is named after the village in which it stands. The name derives from Scottish Gaelic Cnoc-an-dhu, meaning "little black hill". The village is home to a few other small houses and the larger Knockando House, and is surrounded by woods in which there are buzzards. In 1904 the distillery was purchased by W & A Gilbey, a gin producer from London, and is now owned by multinational firm Diageo.
Knockando was the first distillery in Scotland to be built with electric lighting. In 1905 it was linked directly to the Great North of Scotland Railway, which connected Grantown-on-Spey with the main towns of north-east Scotland. Cottages for distillery workers were built nearby, as well as a house for the Customs and Excise Officer. The distillery currently lies near the disused Tamdhu Station, very close to the beginning of the Spey Way. The railway has long since been dismantled.

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