Closed in 2010 the distillery near the River Spey was built in 1897 near the Keith - Inverness railway by the famous architect Charles Chree Doig. The railway station was once the visitor centre. It was rebuilt and largely extended from 1972 to 1975, the stills were increased from one pair to two pairs in 1972 and finally to three pairs in 1975.

The water source is from Tamdhu Burn which delivers a soft water.

The distillery complex with the maltings was sold by its former owner The Edringron Group Ltd. to the independent family-owned distiller, blender and bottler Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd. on June 28th, 2011. Macleod Distillers are also the owners of Glengoyne Distillery. Plans of reopening the distillery have not been published yet.

Character:  light bodied, fruity and floral, some citrus, soft and mild with hints of toffee and butterscotch.

No public admittance. The distillery was mothballed in March, 2010.

In January 2012 full production started again.

The annual production was  around 3 mio litres of pure alcohol in 2014. Tamdhu cask bottling strength is 69,8 A.B.V. All spirit that goes into Tamdhu bottlings is matured on site mainly in Sherry casks.

A new distillery release of a ten year old Single Malt  was released in autumn 2013.

In 2014 there will be about 3 million litres of pure alcohol produced.

Distillery Manager: Sandy McIntyre (December 2014)

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