Colin Mackenzie RIBA RIAS
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Whisky heritage specialist and retired chartered architect with over 35 years of experience, working in the UK and abroad.
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Has expertise in researching historic buildings and sites in order to inform, involving the identification and analysis of evidence, archive research, record drawings and reporting to recognised standards.
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Is the great-great-grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, an illicit distiller and whisky smuggler in the early 1800’s, who lived in the famous Glenlivet region of Scotland. Alexander’s son Peter (Colin’s great-grandfather) went on to manage The Glenlivet distillery from 1901 until his death in 1929.
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Has a lifelong interest in the unique history of Scotch whisky spirit - its rich and multi-faceted story and all surviving items and records associated with it.
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Has a reference collection of historic bottles, put together through 40 years of digging dumps and buying, that includes examples dating back into the 1700’s. Also a wide range of whisky related artefacts that show the different ways that Scotch whisky has been packaged and promoted over the years.
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Is a former Trustee of The Cabrach Trust [link], and is helping them to establish the background and details of illegal and early legal distilling in the Cabrach region of NE Scotland.