Located in the idyllic Speyside town of Rothes, the Glen Grant distillery is one of the top five best selling distilleries in the world. Glen Grant has a bit of a dual personality, being both a highly acclaimed single malt distillery, and also a powerhouse for the production of single malt to be used in the Chivas blends. Previously owned Read more...

The Glen Keith distillery was built in 1957-1960 on the site of a corn mill by Chivas Brothers, who also owned the nearby Strathisla distillery. After being mothballed in 1999, the Glen Keith distillery was reopened in 2013. The new distillery’s production capacity has almost doubled to 6,000,000 litres of pure alcohol per year. Read more...

Fettercairn is one of the oldest licensed distilleries in Scotland. The name means foot of the mountain due to its location. The distillery has a couple of peculiarities. The first is that it takes its water for production and cooling from an area in the Cairngorm mountains 40 miles to the west of the distillery. It is rare for a Read more...

The Glen Albyn malt whisky distillery was founded in 1844 by James Sutherland, a Mayor of Inverness and built on the ruins of an old malt kiln. The peat for Glen Albyn was sourced from Dava Moor; the water source was Loch Ness. There actually have been two distilleries with the name Glen Albyn – possibly not on the same Read more...

The Macduff Distillery Company was founded in 1962. During its history, the distillery’s official name has fluctuated between Glen Deveron and MacDuff with official bottlings mostly having been released under the former. In 1972, Glen Deveron/Macduff was acquired by William Lawson Distillers Ltd. (famous for a blend by the same name), which became part of the Martini & Rossi corporation Read more...

Glenlossie is an outstanding distillery for many reasons, but the malt whisky it produces is fairly own minded. Glenlossie actually houses two separate distilleries; in 1971 the Mannochmore distillery was constructed next to Glenlossie. The Glenlossie distillery itself may not seem like a very large plant, but the Glenlossie Bonds are fairly massive. Some 200,000 casks are stored there – Read more...

The Brackla Distillery was founded in 1812 by Captain Willian Fraser of Brackla. The Distillery gained its Royal prefix in 1835 becoming suppliers to the court of King William IV. The Distillery reopened in 1991. The Royal Brackla malt whisky is used in blends like Dewar’s (of course), Bisset’s and Johnnie Walker Gold. Read more...

Aultmore Distillery is named afterthe phrase An t-Allt Mor, Gaelic for big burn, referring to its water source the Auchinderran burn. The Distillery was founded in 1895 by Alexander Edward, the owner of the Benrinnes distillery. In 1998 the distillery was sold back to Bacardi subsidiary Dewars, which had previously owened Aultmore between 1923 and 1925. Read more...

The distillery produced its first single malt in 1978.[3] The single malt was rebranded as The Singleton in 1986, as the name Auchroisk was perceived as too difficult for consumers outside of Scotland. The name changed back to Auchroisk in 2001, when a bottleing was released under the name Auchroisk 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna’ in the Diageo Flora Read more...

Established in 1823, Auchentoshan is a smooth, Triple Distilled Single Malt whisky that challenges perceptions by doing things differently. Read more...