At The GlenAllachie, we are deeply committed to reducing our environmental impact while respecting the traditions that make Scotch whisky world-renowned. Every decision we make is rooted in quality, innovation, and responsibility, ensuring our distillery thrives for generations to come.

Our Sustainability Journey

Since taking independent ownership in 2017, we’ve made strategic changes to reduce our footprint without compromising our craft. These include:

• Installation of a pioneering Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) system to capture and recycle waste heat from our wash distillation process, reducing energy usage by over 50% during this stage and cutting annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of powering around 825 homes.
• Reduction of capacity from 4 million litres of alcohol (LOA) per year to around 1 million, lowering our energy demand and focusing entirely on small-batch, flavour-led whisky making.
• Installation of 144 solar panels in a neighbouring field to help power our distillery in the most environmentally friendly way possible.
• Pot ale is processed into bio-gas at a nearby digestion plant, which can be used for electricity generation or returned to the gas grid.
• Pre-heat our wash using hot pot ale from previous distillation.
• Pre-heat our low wines & feints using the hot spent lees from previous distillation.
• Excess heat from our production area is used for underfloor heating in our bar and tasting lounge.
• Heat recovery system, which uses heat from the condensate to assist in heating contents of heating tank 2.
• Battery-operated forklifts in operation at our warehouses.
• Warm water recovery from worts cooling is used to reduce energy consumption compared to starting with cold water.

• Exclusively work with UK suppliers for all our packaging materials – more expensive but significant reduction in carbon footprint.
• Our labels are FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) approved, which means that we comply with strict paper manufacturing measures and tree planting requirements.
• Our labels are also digitally printed, using 80% less material than conventional printing techniques.
• Our glass bottles are 100% recyclable and create no waste or by-products during production.
• Our cartons are made from 100% virgin fibre pulp sourced from well-managed, sustainable forests. They have been designed with minimum waste to accommodate the distinctive bottle, reducing the pack’s weight and the associated carbon emissions.
• Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points installed at the distillery for visitor use, powered by our solar panels.
• On-site beehive to promote the ecosystem in our locality.