Editing Talisker distillery (section)

==History==
After a number of false starts, the distillery was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill. It opened at Carbost in 1831 after they acquired the lease of [[Talisker, Skye|Talisker House]] from [[Clan MacLeod]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isleofskye.com/skye-guide/history/macleods-of-dunvegan|title=MacLeods of Dunvegan &#124; History &#124; Isle of Skye|website=www.isleofskye.com}}</ref> In 1879, it was purchased for £1,810 ({{Inflation|UK|1810|1879|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}){{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} by a firm which became known as R. Kemp & Co. when it had a production capacity of 700 gallons per week.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Talisker Distillery | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002658/18790531/058/0004 |newspaper=Huntly Express |location=Scotland  |date=31 May 1879 |access-date=3 July 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> The principal partner was A.G. Allan, Procurator-Fiscal for Elginshire. The other partner was Roderick Kemp, wine merchant of Elgin.<ref name=DC1894>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Talisker Distillery | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18941208/038/0004 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland  |date=8 December 1894 |access-date=3 July 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

The distillery was rebuilt 1880–87 and extended in 1900. A new lease for the distillery was negotiated in 1892 with the chief of Clan MacLeod for an annual payment of £23.12s ({{Inflation|UK|23.6|1892|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}){{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} and a ten-gallon cask of best-quality Talisker. By 1894 the output was up to 2,000 gallons per week.<ref name=DC1894/> In 1895 the business was converted into a limited liability company with Thomas Mackenzie as managing partner, but the shares were not offered to the public.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Talisker Distillery | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002683/18950117/085/0006 |newspaper=North British Mail |location=Scotland  |date=17 January 1895 |access-date=3 July 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

Talisker was acquired by the Distillers Company in 1925. On 12 August 1948 a fire broke out in the store of the distillery. No whisky was destroyed, but grain in store and over 100 empty barrels were lost.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Skye Distillery Fire | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19480813/099/0003 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Scotland  |date=13 August 1948 |access-date=3 July 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

The distillery was rebuilt again in 1960 after a stillhouse fire completely destroyed the distillery. The distillery operates five [[still]]s; two wash stills and three spirit stills. All the stills use worm tubs (condensing coils) rather than a modern condenser, which are believed to give the whisky a "fuller" flavour (itself an indication of higher sugar content). During this early period, the whisky was produced using a triple [[distill]]ing method, but changed to the more conventional double distilling in 1928. After the 1960 fire, five exact replicas of the original stills were constructed to preserve the original Talisker flavour. In 1972 the stills were converted to steam heating and the maltings floor was demolished. 

DLC was renamed as [[United Distillers]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guinness / Distillers Saga: The Aftermath |url=https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/8991/the-guinness-distillers-saga-the-aftermath/ |access-date=15 July 2020 |publisher=Scottish Whisky Magazine}}</ref> In 1998 United Distillers was merged with [[International Distillers & Vintners]] to create United Distillers & Vintners, forming the spirits division of [[Diageo]] plc.<ref name="cc">{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121142345/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1983/fulltext/174c06.pdf Competition Commission Report 1983]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DIAGEO SCOTLAND LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC000750}}</ref>