Rebuilding Diary

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

This was quite an exciting day because it was the first occasion that the entire project team had met since the pre-start meeting held in late May. Scaffolding...

The builders have now been working for two weeks. Mostly, this has involved getting the site ready for building work to begin, including the creation of...

Almost five years to the day since David Thomson and Teresa Church first 'discovered' Annandale Distillery, restoration of the historic buildings...