Pagoda Roof Distillery

Twas dailuanine distillery who commissioned his company and doig to carry out alterations around their maltings.

Pagoda roof distillery.

It was founded in the latter half of the 1800s and since the early 1900s it has been closely associated with haig s blended whisky so it is rarely seen as a single malt. He designed carried out alterations to the existing ventilator into what is now the world famous distillery icon the pagoda. The tall pointed gracefully curving structure that sits atop the malthouse making it easy to spot a distillery a mile away well if it s foggy a lot less than a mile. Originally named dallasmore the dallas dhu distillery was built in 1898 by alexander edward of the sanquhar estate outside forres.

The pagoda roof was designed by renowned distillery architect charles chree doig who was born in angus in 1855. When ownership of the distillery changed to wright greig ltd. The designs show the distillery in the dartmoor national park with a pagoda style roof. In most cases where most distilleries buy in their malt they have mostly lost their function other than a piece of visual identity.

In 1899 it was renamed to dallas dhu. You might not expect to see a pagoda rising out of the misty fogs of the scottish highlands but if you ve ever visited scotland you ve probably seen it. The pagoda roof was introduced around the 1890s as it offered an improved air draught.