Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast Scotland’s oldest working distillery is planning to no longer produce any peated whisky. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on WhatsApp Share on Email Scotland’s oldest working distillery , The Glenturret, has announced that they have begun a transition plan to navigate away from using peated malt in their own production in 2025 and removal of peated expressions from their core range from 2026. Although originally using peat in the 18th and 19th centuries, much of The Glenturret’s whisky making has been unpeated in style.
The distillery introduced Ruadh Maor, a peat smoked form of The Glenturret whisky in 2009, which alongside their unpeated spirit, has been produced annually. The decision to no longer include peat smoked releases in The Glenturret’s award winning core range has been made with a clear future house style in mind, that celebrates the distillery’s distinctive light and fruitful new make spirit, matured in predominantly American oak sherry seasoned casks. This latest development follows on from the distillery’s transformative acquisition led by the Lalique group in March 2019.
Five years on since purchase, every element of The Glenturret’s rich heritage and traditions continues to be reimagined. Significant investment, time and expertise have elevated the brand from its former days as an overlooked and unknown whisky to the .