The Glen Ord distillery was founded in 1838 by Thomas Mackenzie in the Black Isle area north of Inverness. The distillery takes its name from The Ord, a plain 15 miles north of Inverness. In 1882 Alexander Mackenzie registred the name Glenoran for the whisky distilled at Glen Ord distillery. In the early 1980s, the Glen Ord whisky was still Read more...

Glen Elgin Distillery nestles quietly in the heart of Speyside. Today, the distillery still proudly depicts the White Horse emblem and is part of UDV’s ‘Elgin Group’, along with Linkwood, Glenlossie and Mannochmore. The whisky is still a key component of White Horse blended whisky, which is exported to over 200 countries worldwide. Read more...

Crafted by John & Alexander Manson since 1797, Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt illustrates a distinct house character – honey sweetness, hints of heather and just a touch of spice. Read more...

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...