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The team
behind London's Bimber Distillery gets
the go ahead for Dunphail craft
distillery and visitor centre just south
of Forres in Speyside, Scotland.
You may recall that back in March
this year the team behind London's
Bimber Distillery unveiled their plans
for Dunphail Distillery, a new 200,000
LA capacity craft distillery in
Speyside, Scotland, which they planned
to construct through the conversion of
an existing farm steading. I am pleased
to say that the that plans to open the
new Scottish whisky distillery and
visitor centre in Dunphail, south of
Forres have now been approved by Moray
Council.
"We’re delighted that our planning
application has been approved” said
spokesperson Matt McKay. “We’re
incredibly excited to be moving forward
with our new distillery. We’ve worked
very closely with Moray Council to
ensure that Dunphail not only harmonises
with the landscape, but that it also
supports the wider community and the
conservation of the local environment
and its ecosystems. We are looking
forward to turning our vision for
Dunphail into a reality and crafting
truly exceptional world-class single
malt whiskies."
The ‘craft’ Scotch whisky distillery
will combine tradition and modernity in
both its appearance as well as its
production processes. It will feature a
floor malting facility and traditional
kiln which will be utilised to process
locally sourced barley. The fermentation
times will be long, and distillation
will be through direct-fired stills.
The breaking of ground expected to take
place in early 2022 with distillation
due to commence later that year. The
company is now in the process of raising
the investment required to fund the
capital expenditure costs to construct
the new distillery and to fund the
initial operational costs whilst casks
mature.
Additional details about the planned
construction process, distillery
specifications, and opportunities to
play a part in Dunphail’s journey
through memberships and cask purchases
will announced over the coming months.
It will be at least a few years before we see
some Dunphail single malt but meanwhile
if you haven't yet tried Bimber single
malt which is produced by the same folks
behind Dunphail you will find it
available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of Malt
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