Distillery
Pittyvaich
Arthur Bell & Sons built Pittyvaich in 1974, tucked beside their existing Dufftown distillery in Speyside, Scotland. The new plant drew water from the Bailliemore and Convalleys springs and was designed purely to supply malt whisky for blending. It ran quietly for nearly two decades without much public attention. Pittyvaich's own character stayed simple and unshowy, a soft, easy-drinking Speyside malt rather than a bold sherried dram. An official single malt bottling followed in 1991, giving drinkers a rare direct look at what the distillery could do. That look proved brief. Pittyvaich closed in 1993, becoming one of Speyside's shortest-lived distilleries, and the buildings were demolished in 2002. Because so little was ever bottled, surviving expressions from independent bottlers like Signatory Vintage and Cadenhead's are now genuinely hard to find.
