Lochside was located North of Montrose in the eastern Highlands. The Lochside distillery was rebuilt in 1957 from Deuchars’ Beer Brewery (dating back 1781.) as a malt and grain whisky distillery. Lochside distillery even had its own bottling line. After being bought the distillery was closed down in 1992, the warehouses were closed five years later in 1997. In 2005 Read more...

The Longmorn Distillery was founded in 1895. At the very end of the 19th century Scotland experienced a huge whisky boom. The founder of Longmorn Distillery, John Duff also owned Glenlossie distillery. He wanted to respond to the raising demand for whisky, so he partnered up with George Thomson and Charles Shirres to create the Longmorn Distillery Company in 1893. Read more...

The distillery was founded in 1824 and named originally as Elchies Distillery. The new owner Roderick Kemp changed the name to Macallan-Glenlivet in 1892. The Macallan Distillery has cultivated an exclusive and luxurious brand over the years. Today, Macallan Distillery is the among the three largest production capacity in Scotland, right behind Glenfiddich and Glenlivet. Read more...

Littlemill is normally classified as a Lowland distillery due to the use (until 1930s) of triple distillation that’s traditionally used in the Lowlands – as opposed to the double distillation that is customary in the rest of Scotland. Littlemill was closed in 1984, but the distillery was re-opened again in 1989 by new owners Gibson International. Closed again in 1994, Read more...

Royal Lochnagar distillery is close to Balmoral Castle (her Majesty the Queens Scottish Home) and is named after the nearby Lochnagar mountain. At times the Royal Lochnagar distillery has also been known as Lochnigar. Royal Lochnagar is a producing Scotlands most exclusive whisky following old traditions and craftmanship. A visit to Royal Lochnagar is a timeless experience. Today Royal Lochnagar Read more...

The Ladyburn distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1966 and 1975. Ladyburn is among the rarest Scotch malt whiskies -due to bottling for only about 10 years. Even harder to find are whiskys from its sister distillery Kininvie. Interestingly both distilleries were founded by WM Grant & Sons and were not traditional malt whisky Read more...

The Lagavulin distillery was built a year after neighbours Laphroaig and Ardbeg and almost a century before the Malt Mill distillery was erected on the grounds of Lagavulin. Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been made in a picturesque huddle of buildings on Lagavulin Bay. Perhaps the most beautifully situated of distilleries, Lagavulin makes arguably the most intensely flavoured, smoky Read more...

There are 3 main ingredients for making Laphroaig – Barley, Water, and Yeast, but the secret ingredient is the people. Laphroaig (La-froyg) is the story of a community. An uncompromising, tough and determined group of people who work to ensure that this defining whisky has always remained true to its origins. These origins can be found in Islay itself – Read more...

Established in 1798, Tobermory is the only distillery on Mull and one of the oldest commercial distilleries in Scotland. Tobermory Distillery, which was formerly known as Ledaig, is situated on Scotland’s famously picturesque west coast, on the Island of Mull. It is unique, not just because of its idyllic location, but because it produces two different, but equally alluring, single Read more...

The old distillery (Linkwood A) was closed in 1985, it reopened in 1990 with a limited production. The old distillery makes whisky for just a few months per year. Today Linkwood B Linkwood has built a strong reputation with blenders over the years and was used in blends; notably Johnnie Walker and White Horse. Read more...