Rebuilding Diary

Pynford beam

The string of buildings that forms the Maltings, Kiln and Mash House at Annandale Distillery are built on split levels with the west elevations at the higher...

Filming in the rain

As the restoration work at Annandale Distillery progresses, we are determined to capture as much as possible in photographs and video. On 19 December 2011,...

Winter has finally arrived at Annandale

Winter has finally arrived at Annandale. Although there wasn't any snow at the distillery today, many of the roads leading to and from the Annan area...

A lot has happened since we've been away. Teresa and I have just returned from a business trip to the Far East. We've been keeping up with...

The Annandale Observer visits the distillery

The local newspaper recently visited the site during the re-building to interview me and report on the progress.  The resultant article and video clip...

Love at first sight

The enduring memory of our first glimpse of Annandale Distillery, way back in July 2006, was of the slender brick chimney with its fancy crown, of the iconic...

Birthdays, families, Mash House and Maltings!

Happy 50th birthday today to Malcolm Rennie, our Distillery Manager! It has been a busy week. On Sunday 9 October, my father, Douglas Thomson and...

Third formal project meeting

A lot has happened in the last month! Kirkwood's carpenters have almost finished building the new roof on the East Bonded Warehouse. This roof...

Second formal project meeting

This project meeting was brought forward from 29 August because I am going on a business trip to the USA and Canada (on behalf of MMR Research Worldwide,...

Design of distillery plant agreed in principle

Today, we finally agreed the detailed specifications for the malt bins and mash tun (2.5 tonnes) with Forsyth's of Rothes. They've also identified...