Spiritz 2016 Special Award

Since 1947, Speyside Cooperage has produced the finest casks from the best American Oak. Today the cooperage continues to work and produce the age-old product, still using traditional methods and tools. Each year, it produces and repairs nearly 150,000 oak casks used by the surrounding Speyside Whisky distilleries, as well as distilleries throughout Scotland and the rest of the world.

Speyside Cooperage was founded by the Taylor family in 1947 and in 2008 the Cooperage was sold to the French firm Tonnellerie François Frères. In the early 90’s the company had outgrown its initial premises in the heart of Craigellachie village and relocated in 1991 to its  present location on the outskirts of Craigellachie. It is the largest independent Cooperage in the UK as well as at its home in Craigellachie. It now has branches in Alloa, Kentucky and Ohio.