Distillery Output & Price for Barrels & Butts?

[Dmitry]

Good day folks,

Has any of you ever seen any sort of list of distilleries sorted by the output of malt spirit? I am just wondering what other companies in the market release about 200,000liters of spirit per annum :D

I aslo want to double-check some odd data I got. I was under the impression that due to the boom in the whisky industry, the prices of barrels have skyrocketed. However, a customer of mine is suggesting that the going price is:

Around £70 for a Bourbon barrel
&
Around £250 for a Sherry butt

What do you think of these numbers? Has anybody of you who's in the industry in the UK got any idea whether these prices are unrealistic, even for a bulk purchase?

Thanks again folks!

[Dmitry]

Hmm found lots of data on volues of maximum production output, (albeit not in a single list) at :http://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/index.html

[William]

Hi Dmitry, I do intend adding this info to the site as part of a major update as there does appear to be interest in all kinds of whisky facts and figures. It is just a case of finding the time to do this.

Meanwhile here is a short list of malt whisky distilleries with the largest pure alcohol output:

Glenfiddich 13000000 litres
Roseisle 12500000 litres
Ailsa Bay 12000000 litres
Glenlivet 10500000 litres
Macallan 9800000 litres
Caol ila 6500000 litres
Balvenie 6400000 litres
Glen Grant 6200000 litres
Dufftown 6000000 litres
Glen Keith 6000000 litres
Glenmorangie 6000000 litres
Auchroisk 5900000 litres
Miltonduff 5800000 litres

Largest capacity output by company/distillery owner:

Diageo, 28 distilleries, 105230000 litres output
Pernod Ricard/Chivas Brothers, 13 distilleries, 58900000 litres output
William Grant, 4 distilleries, 36200000 litres output
Edrington Group, 4 distilleries, 18240000 litres output
Bacardi/John Dewars & Sons, 5 distilleries, 17840000 litres output
Whyte & Mackay, 4 distilleries, 12200000 litres output
Pacific Spirits/Inver House Distillers, 5 distilleries, 10300000 litres output
Beam Inc, 2 distilleries, 8700000 litres output
LVMH/Glenmorangie Co, 2 distilleries, 7300000 litres output

I assume you mean individual distilleries with around 200,000 litre outputs and not companies, here are a few:

Talisker 2600000 litres
Blair Athol 2500000 litres
Glenkinchie 2500000 litres
Highland Park 2500000 litres
Lagavulin 2450000 litres
Strathisla 2400000 litres
Fettercairn 2300000 litres
Strathmill 2300000 litres
Craganmore 2200000 litres
Dalwhinnie 2200000 litres
Isl of Jura 2200000 litres
Bowmore 2000000 litres
Speyburn 2000000 litres
Knockdhu 1900000 litres
Balblair 1800000 litres
Ben Nevis 1800000 litres
Old Pulteney 1800000 litres
Auchentoshan 1750000 litres
Bruichladdich 1500000 litres

The prices of barrels will be variable, it depends on the companies buying power and the amount they are buying.
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[bifter]

Not to divert you away from this wonderful Web site but Johannes van den Heuvel's Malt Madness Web site has a good breakdown of distilleries with facts and figures though some may be a bit out of date these days:

http://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/

I can think of a few around the 100k mark (e.g. Edradour, Kilchoman), don't know about 200k.
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[albo]

Dmitry,

Are you thinking of opening a new distillery? Seems an odd place to be doing due dilligence


In all seriousness, keep asking the questions, cos, being a whisky geek, I'm interested in all this.

[Dmitry]

Hehe, there is rarely a bad place to ask questions as long as you double and triple check the information. Hell, even wikipedia has its merits.

P.s Folks thanks for the information! :D

[William]

Dmitry, I read your email quickly this afternoon and did a quick copy and paste reply. I misread 200,000 litres as 2,000,000 litres, quite a difference between the 2. Anyway here are a few distilleries with around a 200,000 litre capacity:

Glenturret 340,000 litres
Bladnoch 250,000 litres
Kilchoman 150,000 litres
Edradour 130,000 litres
Wolfburn 120,000 litres
Daftmill 65,000 litres
Strathearn 30,000 litres
Abhainn Dearg 20,000 litres

The figures i list is the annual production capacity for each of these distilleries.
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