Old travel Blog photograph of a waterfall on the Turret Burn in Glenturret located three miles North West of Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. Glenturret Wisky Distillery is hidden in this valley and its secluded location may have contributed to its early history as the site of several illicit bothy stills. The distillery was officially established in 1775, but the distillery had previously been under the control of illicit distillers, who sought to avoid paying taxes to England, since 1717. This early history has led to claims that Glenturret is the oldest distillery in Scotland. The distillery was originally known as “ Hosh ” and was originally owned by the Drummond family. It was taken over by John McCallum in 1845 till 1875 when Thomas Stewart took it over and renamed it Glenturret in its centenary year. The First World War saw the closure of the distillery, but following the war it reopened again under the Mitchell Brothers until 1921 when the great depression and prohibition in America saw it closed again. The buildings during this period were kept as storage by the Murrays of Ochtertyre. It did not reopen again to production till 1957 when it was revitalised by James Fairlie. Fairlie was a whisky enthusiast and his intention was to create a malt whisky created in traditional fashion and to preserve the craft of distilling. The distillery was bought by Cointreau in 1981 and from there passed to Highland Distillers in 1990. Burn is a Scots word for small river or stream.
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