Glen Keith
Recently Reborn
Constructed within view of Strathisla distillery in Keith, Banffshire, in 1957 by Chivas Brothers, Glen Keith served for many years as the experimental plant of Chivas’s parent company, Seagrams. Chivas also developed its own selective strains of yeasts there.
Until 1999, Glen Keith's output was mostly dedicated to the Chivas Brothers blends Chivas Regal, Passport and 100 Pipers. An official 10-year-old Glen Keith was released, but never established the standing of many of its Speyside competitors. Mothballed in 1999, the distillery was only reopened in 2013 by current owner Pernod Ricard (which also owns neighbouring Strathisla).
The Glen Keith style is typically light and grassy, however in early years of the distillery’s life two bolder peated malts – Craigduff and Glenisla – were produced. Bottlings of these were recently released by Signatory.
