The new visitor centre at Glencadam Distillery in Brechin is now underway as the distillery gets ready to open to visitors and locals in summer 2025, when the distillery will also celebrate its 200th anniversary.
The visitor centre will house a retail space and tasting rooms, as well as a whisky lounge, café and function suite for corporate and private hire. Architectural landmarks of the distillery are set to be part of the construction, including the distinctive pagoda roofs, “reinterpreting the ‘Doig Ventilators’ as skylights to provide natural light and ventilation to the space.” In 2021, Glencadam re-installed a working internal waterwheel, modelled on the original which was used to power the distillery back in in 1825.
Project manager Gary Milligan said, “Much work has gone into developing plans to craft an immersive visitor experience suited to both our historic distillery and the vibrant community which surrounds it.
“Blending tradition with modernity, a stone facade will wrap around the two-floor visitor centre, complementing the existing distillery buildings while adding a contemporary feel, with enhanced amenities to elevate the overall visitor experience.”