The Adelphi Distillery was a Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland.Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Single Grain Scotch Whisky, Blended Malt Scotch Whisky , Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, and Blended Scotch Whisky.All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three...

 distillery, which was founded in 1826 in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 and closed in 1907. The name was revived in 1993, for an independent bottler of Scotch whisky.

Adelphi Distillery

The Adelphi Distillery was founded in 1826 by brothers Charles and David Gray. It was sited just south of the Victoria Bridge, at the edge of the Gorbals

Gorbals

The Gorbals is an area on the south bank of the River Clyde in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. By the late 19th century, it had become over-populated and adversely affected by local industrialisation. Many people lived here because their jobs provided this home and they could not afford their own...

 area of Glasgow. The distillery was operated by the Gray family until 1880, when it was acquired by Messrs A. Walker and Co, a company who already owned large distilleries in Limerick

Limerick

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 and Liverpool

Liverpool

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. The Walkers invested in the distillery and added a Coffey still with which to distil grain spirit. By 1886, there were four pot still

Pot still

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s and the Coffey still in full production. The distillery had an output of 516000 gallons (2,345,782.4 l) of pure alcohol

Alcohol

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 per year. The Adelphi distillery was purchased by Distillers Company (DCL) in 1902, and by 1907 distilling had been stopped completely. The buildings of the distillery were demolished between 1968 and 1970, and the chimney was dismantled in 1971.

Independent bottler

The great-grandson of one of the distillery's founders, Jamie Walker, established the modern day Adelphi independent bottler in 1993, selling the company to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston in 2004. Whiskies are selected by a nosing team chaired by whisky critic Charles MacLean. Adelphi has received numerous Malt Maniacs Awards. As well as many Bronze and Silver Medals, Adelphi received a Gold in 2006 for a Breath of Speyside 1991, cask no,. 5642, and a Gold Medal & The Ultra Premium Thumbs Up Award in 2009 for a Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain

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1974, cask no. 4780.