The Balvenie distillery has been owned and managed by an independent family company for five generations
This has ensured that the Balvenie distillery is still dedicated to the traditions, care and craftsmanship of malt whisky making.
Nowhere else will you find a distillery that still grows its own barley, that still malts in its own traditional floor maltings, that still coopers to tend the barrels, and coppersmiths to tend the stills.
The Balvenie range of single malt whiskies is unique.
Three single malt whiskies of different age and different character. Each Balvenie single malt reflects in its individuality, different aspects of the tradition, skill and care that are the hallmarks of the Balvenie Distillery.
A distillery firmly rooted in its past but forever seeking to refine the art of making malt whisky.

From the book 'The Scottish Collection' Classic Malts by Carol P. Shaw :
Founder's Reserve (10 years old) has a rich colour, bouquet and flavour with a smooth, clean, dry finish. Doublewood (12 years old) is full-bodied, yet smooth and mellow, and Single Barrel, a harder-to-obtain 15 years old, is a single cask bottling. Taste Rating 3-4
Built in 1892 near the ruins of fourteenth-century Balvenie Castle by the Grants of Glenfiddich (and next to the Glenfiddich distillery), Balvenie Distillery has now been owned by an independent family company for five generations. Balvenie Distillery still grows its own barley, malts in its own traditional floor maltings, employs coopers to tend the barrels and coppersmiths to tend the stills. The Balvenie is most unusual in producing a range of three malt whiskies of different age and caracter.

Balvenie is one of the last stills using floormalting.
Only a small part of floormalted malt are used in Balvenie - aprox 30%.

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Balvenie Distillery,Speyside

The Balvenie Distillery was built in 1892 by the Grants of Glenfiddich near the ruins of the fourteenth-century castle by the same name. The charming, whitewashed distillery is just a stone's throw from Glenfiddich and both are still family-owned by the Grants. The 2 distilleries share the same water source and the stills at Balvenie are heated using the waste heat from Glenfiddich. However that is where the similarities end, because the whiskies are completely different in character.
The Balvenie Distillery grows its own barley, still does its own floor maltings, has its own cooper to maintain the barrels in which its whisky is matured and has its own coppersmith to take care of its stills. Balvenie was one of the earliest pioneers in experimentation with wood management, casting whiskies of various ages with relish into a broad palette of oak types.