Inverleven Distillery is a huge distillery complex in Dumbarton is licensed to George Ballantine & Son Ltd. and still produces whisky for the Ballantines blend to this day. Both malt distilleries on the site were closed and mothballed in 1991/1992. Since then Inverleven Distillery is back to grain whisky distillation. Read more...

Jura distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland. The distillery is owned by Whyte and Mackay, which in turn is owned by Philippines-based Emperador Inc.. In 2006, the Isle of Jura Distillery received a Gold Quality Award from the international quality institute Monde Selection. The distillery Read more...

Glenesk (also known as Glen Esk, Hillside, Highland Esk, North Esk and Montrose) used to be a flax-spinning mill and was originally named the Highland Esk Distillery, and was established by Septimus Parsonage & Co and James Isles (Dundee wine merchants). Except for the maltings, the buildings of Hillside / Glenesk were demolished in 1996. The maltings were sold to Read more...

In 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie constructed the Imperial distillery. He was an entrepreneur who already owned two other malt whisky distilleries: Dailuaine and Talisker. Throughout history Imperial distillery came very close to being demolished; in 2005 Moray Council had already given permission for demolition of the distillery buildings and it was planned to build new housing on the location. Though Read more...

Inchgower distillery is a whisky distillery producing a single malt of the same name located on the outskirts of Buckie, Moray, Scotland. Today, only 1% of the total production of the Inchgower distillery is bottled as a single malt whisky. About half of the total production is sold on to customers, the rest is used for Diageo blends like Johnnie Read more...

Loch Lomond marks the boundary between the Lowlands and the Highlands of Scotland. This area – so close to the major bottling town of Dumbarton – has been at the heart of the whisky industry for centuries. Read more...

Glenury Royal was founded in 1825. Distillery closed in 1985. The buildings of the malt whisky distillery were eventually turned into apartments. The remains of Glenury Royal were sold in 1993 to a real estate company who turned part of these buildings into apartments. Read more...

Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown is Scotland’s most traditional distillery, the only one to carry out 100% of all production in one place and is still in the ownership of its founding family. Read more...

The abiding care and attention, the hallmark of Highland Park production, manifests itself in the distinctive aromatic, full-bodied floral sweetness of the whisky. Highland Parks incomparable balance comes from a tension between the aromatic Orkney peat and the sweetness of oak casks seasoned with Oloroso sherry. The accolade of Best Spirit in the World wasn’t a one-off. Highland Park has Read more...

Glentauchers distillery is a Speyside Scottish whisky distillery, founded in 1897. In 1985, the distillery was closed down. It was four years later that Caledonian Malt Whisky Distillers, a subsidiary of Allied, acquired the distillery and in August of 1992 spirit flowed from the stills once more. Glentauchers is at present under the watchful eye of Chivas Brothers, following the Read more...