The Rosebank distillery was situated in Camelon on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal which was known for its wild roses along its shores.The Rosebank Distillery closed in 1993. In 2009 copper equipment at the silent Rosebank distillery had been stolen. Plans for a new distillery have continued to develop for the new building being near the Laurieston Read more...

The Oban distillery was built in 1794 located in the middle of a busy town, overlooking the harbour. In fact the town grew around the distillery in the past 200 years leaving not much space to expand. In 1989 a new visitors’ centre was installed. Oban distillery is owned by Diageo. It is Diageo’s second smallest distillery, right after Royal Read more...

Pittyvaich distillery was constructed on the same site as the Dufftown distillery. It was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1974 and 1993. Distillery closed in 1993. Originally built to provide malt whisky for blends, Pittyvaich eventually did release an official bottling in 1991. The distillery was demolished in 2002. Pittyvaich malt whisky used to be Read more...

Port Ellen Distillery used was founded in 1825. It continued in production throughout the 1970s and was closed in 1983. Stocks of Port Ellen whisky are now owned by Diageo; due to the closing of the distillery, its whisky is becoming more and more collectable. Read more...

Since 1826, the Pulteney Distillery in Wick has crafted a Single Malt Scotch Whisky that is the very essence of it’s remarkable location. In the very far north of Scotland, by Wick’s historic harbour, the quietly maturing spirit lies in hand-selected oak casks, slowly capturing the unique character of this stunning landscape with it’s long seafaring history. Read more...

The Mortlach distillery was founded in 1823 by James Findlater in Dufftown, Banffshire. The Mortlach distillery was the first distillery in Dufftown, pre-dating the next one (Glenfiddich) by over four decades. In 2013 Diageo announces an £18 million investment plan to substentially increase the capacity at Mortlach distillery and promote it as a standalone single malt. Mortlach malt whisky is Read more...

Mannochmore is one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland by John Haig & Co.. It was built in 1971 on the site of the Glenlossie Distillery (which was founded in 1876). The Mannochmore Distillery is one of the few distilleries in Scotland with a female site operations manager, Polly Macdonald started working for Diageo in January 2008. The first batch Read more...

The distillery was founded as ‘Inverness Distillery’ by one Mr. Welsh in 1807. Millburn Distillery was located between the outskirts of Inverness and a river so that its possibilities for expansion were limited. In 1985 the distillery was closed and later, in 1988 it was demolished. Today a restaurant named the Auld Distillery is located in one of the former Read more...

Miltonduff Distillery is located on the site of the mill of Pluscarden Abbey. The abbey was founded in 1236 by Benedictine monks, destroyed but revived again in the year 1948. It is said that a stone from the original Abbey is at the distillery. Miltonduff was named for an illicit distillery known as Milton and the suffix was added for Read more...

Garnheath was built in 1965 within the Moffat distilling complex. It was closed after just 21 years when owners Inver House were hit badly grain-spirit overcapacity and they closed the Moffat plant, including the maltings. Although Inver House are still headquarters there. Killyloch (Glen Flagler) Distillery used to be part of the Moffat Distilling complex. Read more...