WHISKAVIA / HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT
Time Machine
Dated milestones with original sources, distinguishing opening, production, ownership and release events.
13 dated events
- United States / site history
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace dates the O.F.C. Distillery chapter under E. H. Taylor Jr. to 1870.
Open source ↗ - Scotland / first distillation
Glenfiddich Distillery
First spirit ran from the stills on Christmas Day 1887, according to the producer's published history.
Open source ↗ - Japan / construction
Yamazaki Distillery
Construction of Yamazaki Distillery began in 1923 under Shinjiro Torii.
Open source ↗ - Japan / construction complete
Yoichi Distillery
Nikka dates completion of the Yoichi Distillery to October 1934.
Open source ↗ - Japan / production
Yoichi Distillery
Nikka's history dates the start of whisky and brandy manufacture to 1936.
Open source ↗ - India / company founding
Amrut Distilleries
Amrut traces the founding of Amrut Laboratories in Bangalore to 1948.
Open source ↗ - Ireland / opening
New Midleton Distillery
Irish Distillers describes the opening of New Midleton in the 1970s and the transfer of distilling from older sites.
Open source ↗ - United States / renaming
Buffalo Trace Distillery
The distillery adopted the Buffalo Trace name in 1999.
Open source ↗ - Wales / first distillation
Penderyn Distillery
Penderyn records its first spirit running on 14 September 2000.
Open source ↗ - Taiwan / site establishment
Kavalan Distillery
King Car dates establishment of its Kavalan whisky plant to 2005.
Open source ↗ - Australia / founding story
Starward Distillery
Starward's 2026 founder profile traces David Vitale's Australian whisky project to 2007.
Open source ↗ - Taiwan / first release
Kavalan Distillery
King Car identifies 2008 as the release of the first Kavalan whisky.
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