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    INCHGOWER INTRIGUE

    Mar 27, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS GAVIN D. SMITH

    For every Talisker and Lagavulin in Diageo’s inventory of distilleries, there are many more lower-profile plants making spirit that rarely sees the light of day away from the blending vats. Think Glenlossie, Glen Spey and Inchgower. Think Inchgower in particular as this distillery, located on the far north-eastern fringes of the Speyside region, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Celebrations are likely to be suitably low key, but the style of malt created at Inchgower is an important component of many Diageo blends and the role of Scotland’s lesser-known distilleries should never be underestimated.

    Inchgower distillery was founded in 1871 by Alexander Wilson & Co, beside what is now the A98 Fochabers to Fraserburgh road, half a mile south of Buckie, in an area

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