SPEY Chairman’s Choice PX Edition

Quite a lot to unpack here. Firstly, yes, the Speyside whisky region contains a ‘Speyside’ distillery. In fact there have been two. One from 1895-1911, then another built by George Christie when he discovered his house was previously the home of John MacPherson Grant (director of the original Speyside distillery). Despite starting work in 1962 (having founded a grain distillery in the ’50s), his new Speyside wouldn’t produce spirit until 1990! In 2012 Harvey’s of Edinburgh took the reins. Their family’s SPEY brand (a cask of which is said to have been gifted to King George III by Lord Byron) thus became ‘SPEY from Speyside Distillery’. Until April 2025. With their lease finally ending they’re now moving all the distillery’s equipment to a new site nearer the River Spey.

So enjoy single malt from a newly ‘lost’ distillery! Matured in Pedro Ximénez sherry and bourbon casks.