Our Crafts
At Inverurie, we pride ourselves on crafting whisky with unparalleled quality and a commitment to sustainability. Join us on a journey from barley to bottle, where every step of the process is meticulously designed to ensure no wastage and to celebrate the art of whisky making.
The Foundation of Excellence
In partnership with David Fyffe, we source premium barley varieties like Belgravia, Concerto, and Shuffle, ensuring large grains with low nitrogen and high starch content for quality whisky.
From Grain to Malt
Our custom-built malting house steeps, germinates, and kilns barley onsite, achieving a lightly toasted malt with a phenol ratio of 1-5 ppm.
The malted barley is milled into a precise mix of husk, grit, and flour for optimal sugar extraction during mashing.
See what we do with our spent grains
Transforming Barley to Wash
The milled grist enters the Mash Tun, where hot water activates enzymes, creating a malty, peaty, nutty wash.
Our water is drawn from an onsite borehole through Scottish granite, ensuring purity.
A long fermentation process in our tanks produces an 8% ABV wash, enhancing depth and complexity.
We develop our own Distillers M Strain yeast for a unique fermentation process.
See what we do with our CO2
Capturing the Spirit
The wash is heated in our stills, vaporizing and condensing the alcohol. The distiller separates the hearts for maturation, creating a spirit of 70-75% ABV.
The Art of Maturation
Our Master Cooper and Master Distiller use various casks, including oak and previous spirit casks, to craft unique flavors. The spirit matures for a minimum of three to five years.
Perfection in Every Drop
Our blenders perfect each batch, ensuring consistent, superior quality.
We bottle our whisky onsite by hand, ensuring gentle handling and respect for the spirit.
Commitment to Sustainability
Spent grains feed our cattle, which fertilize our fields. Nutrient-rich water enhances barley growth.
Our smokehouse uses cooperage shavings to flavor locally caught salmon and trout.
More than just whisky
Enjoy our onsite coffee shop and cafe, explore our visitor experience, and purchase merchandise.
Join the experience
Rent our meeting rooms or host events in our courtyard, enjoying whisky-infused dishes and relaxing by our fire braziers.
