Sibster distillery

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Sibster distillery takes its name from a sprawling conglomerate of several farms and crofts called either Sibster or Sibsterburn. Some sit on the Sibster Burn itself, others on feeder streams of the Halkirk Burn, both waterways that end up in the Thurso River. The distillery could have been located at any one of these farms, or possibly at a farm or croft that has since disappeared. 

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  • Region
    Highland
  • Production type
    Single malt
  • Distillery Status
    Demolished

Sibster History

Sibster distillery was founded in 1825 by Alexander Campbell & Co., which was the distillery’s sole listed licence holder until its closure in 1830.

Today, all of the local farms appear operating or occupied. At the centre of this area now stands Georgemas Junction near Halkirk, where the rail lines from Inverness to Wick and Thurso divide.

Timeline

  • 1825 Sibster distillery is licensed to Alexander Campbell & Co.
  • 1830 Sibster distillery closes

Contact

Address
Sibster
Caithness
United Kingdom
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See also

  • Bowertower Bowertower Bowertower Distillery

    Bowertower

    A rural distillery near Wick, Caithness, which opened in 1826.

  • Brabster Brabster Brabster Distillery

    Brabster

    The farm distillery near Wick was licensed for a brief period in 1798.

  • Brawlbin Brawlbin Brawlbin Distillery

    Brawlbin

    An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.

  • Dunbeath Dunbeath Dunbeath Distillery

    Dunbeath

    One of the very earliest registered distilleries in Caithness, indeed the whole of Scotland.

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