Glenglassaugh distillery
Glenglassaugh distillery is a malt scotch whisky distillery at Sandend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It restarted production in November 2008 after being acquired by an independent investment group. It was then bought by Brown-Forman and mothballed in 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Distillery
- Description: whisky distillery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Glenglassaugh Distillery”
- Address: Portsoy, AB45 2SQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fordyce Castle and Fordyce Academy.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce Castle is a T-plan castle, its oldest part dating from 1592, about three miles south-west of Portsoy, in the village of Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fordyce Castle is situated 1¼ miles south of Glenglassaugh distillery.
Fordyce Academy
School
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964. Fordyce Academy is situated 1½ miles south of Glenglassaugh distillery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandend and Fordyce.
Sandend
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandend is a small fishing village near Banff and Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, typical of the area. It was "a considerable seatown as early as 1624".
Fordyce
Village
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy.
Portsoy
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portsoy is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.
Glenglassaugh distillery
- Categories: trademark, whisky distillery, industry, and workshop
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.67988° or 57° 40′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.73776° or 2° 44′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C9VM7H6+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 896567669OpenStreetMap feature
craft=distilleryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1530998
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Glenglassaugh distillery” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Glenglassaugh”
- French: “Glenglassaugh”
- German: “Glenglassaugh”
- Low German: “Glenglassaugh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glenglassaugh”
- Norwegian: “Glenglassaugh”
- Turkish: “Glenglassaugh damıtım evi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glenglassaugh Visitor Centre & Shop and Sandend, Windmill.
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