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GlenWyvis
Scotland’s first community-owned distillery is also 100% powered by renewable energy.
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Ncn'ean
Remote west coast distillery producing a light, fruity and 100% organic single malt spirit.
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Yetts of Muckhart
This Perthshire distillery was was open from 1817 to 1826 under three different licensees.
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Woodfoot
Early Glasgow distillery, also known as Hutchesontown, which sat on the River Clyde.
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Whitehouse
A hard-to-pinpoint lost Speyside distillery, located somewhere in the Elgin area.
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West Lochlin
Lost 19th century distillery that was once operational near Muthill, Perthshire.
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West Barns
A distillery at Dunbar, East Lothian, that distilled from 1798 until the mid-1830s.
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Wallace Paw
Quaintly named distillery in Bo’ness, West Lothian, that operated briefly in the late 18th century.
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Turrich
Rural Highland distillery that operated for just two years in the early 19th century.
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Stralochy
A lost rural 19th century Perthshire distillery, the precise location of which is ambiguous.
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Stornoway
One of the few legal distilleries on the Isle of Lewis, which was also known as Ness.
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Stonnywood
One of Stirlingshire’s many lost distilleries, which operated at the end of the 18th century.
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Stoneytown
An urban distillery that once stood somewhere in Aberdeen in the 19th century.
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Stobs
This lost Midlothian distillery was active for around five years at the start of the 19th century.
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Stirling
One of many lost distilleries in the Stirling area, but one of the few operated by a woman.
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Stevenston
A 19th century distillery that operated for a short time in Ayrshire town of the same name.
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Stemster
A Caithness farm distillery run by James Henderson, who later founded Pulteney distillery in Wick.
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St Clement's Wells
A long-lost farm distillery, once sited between Musselburgh and Tranent.
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Spynie
Lost 18th century distillery in Morayshire whose unidentified distiller went bankrupt in 1795.
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Springside
Campbeltown’s smallest distillery, Springside managed to survive an astonishing 99 years.
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South Bridge
A 19th century distillery that operated on what was then the outskirts of Aberdeen.
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South Baloch
This farm distillery was northwest of Kirriemuir, the birthplace of Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie.
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Smallhills
An enigmatic distillery near Whithorn whose location and licence-holder remain a complete mystery.
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Skelbo
A remote 18th century distillery in Sutherland that was opened and closed in 1798 under James Boag.
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Sheriffmuir
A 19th century distillery that was once located in its namesake village in Perthshire.
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Seggie
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
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Seafield
The early 19th century farm distillery at Portmahomack was situated on the Seafield estate.
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Scoraclet
A very briefly extant distillery established near Caithness in the final years of the 18th century.
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Scarinish
A far-flung distillery on the Isle of Tiree that distilled in the early 19th century.
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Sauchenford
An early farm-based distillery south of Stirling that was active in the 1790s.
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Sandbank
An early 19th century Argyll distillery that became a world-class racing yacht workshop.
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Rutherglen Bridge
Lost Glasgow distillery that operated briefly at the start of the 19th century.
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Rountree Bank
An early 19th century distillery that operated briefly in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
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Robert Burns
A lost Stirlingshire distillery. Not to be confused with the many blends that use the Bard’s name.
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Richardtown
An isolated farm distillery in Ayrshire that was operational only briefly in 1795.
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Rathohall
Rathohall, also known as Ratho, was a Midlothian distillery established near Edinburgh in the 1820s.
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Poyntsfield
An early 19th century distillery in Ross and Cromarty, the site of which is now said to be haunted.
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Portsoy
A long-defunct distillery at Portsoy, on the Moray Firth. Also known as Burnside.
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Portnauld
A farm distillery once located near Inchinnan in Renfrewshire in the 18th century.
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Polmont
A distillery active for a short time in the 1820s, located at and named after Polmont.
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Pitillie
This 19th century distillery near Aberfeldy stood silent for much of its 42-year history.
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Kersebank
One of Falkirk’s lost distilleries which operated briefly at the end of the 18th century.
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Kennyhill
An urban distillery in Glasgow’s East End that was swallowed by the establishment of Alexandra Park.
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John O'Groats
At one time one of the most northerly distilleries on the Scottish mainland.
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Jacksbank
One of the very few licensed distilleries in the Mearns, which operated briefly in the 18th century.
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Islay
Laphroaig’s short-lived (and despised) neighbour which was also known as Ardenistle and Kidalton.
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Inverury
One of Aberdeenshire’s lost 19th century distilleries, also known as Inverary and Inverurie.
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Inverkeithing
Lost Lowland distillery that was victimised by the Steins and once run by the Haigs. Also an ...
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Huntly
Lost Speyside distillery located near Huntly, which was also known as Pirries Mill or Peiries Mill.
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House of Muir
One of Midlothian’s short-lived farm distilleries that operated for three years in the 18th century.
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House of Burn
Also called House of Burns, a lost distillery at Monzievaird, near Crieff in Perthshire.
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Holm
Also spelled Holme, this was one of several lost early distilleries in the Kirkintilloch area.
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Holland Bush
A short-lived lost distillery situated in Banknock, close to Bankier distillery.
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Hempriggs
Another here-and-gone Caithness distillery that operated from 1798-99 under James MacBeath.
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Helmsdale
A Sutherland distillery in its namesake town that ran from 1825-40 under three licensees.
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Heastigro
Heastigro is another quaintly-named and short-lived Caithness distillery, licensed to John Gun ...
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Hawick
Another here-and-gone distillery in its namesake town that operated briefly in 1818-19.
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Glendown
A short-lived lost distillery in Lanarkshire, which operated under two licensees.
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Glencarrick
A short-lived distillery in Kilmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, that operated in the early 1830s.
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Glenbughty
Also known as Phingask, this lost Fraserburgh distillery was relatively successful.
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Glenalrig
Another distillery with a short lifespan at Slamannan, near Falkirk, from 1825-26.
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Gladfield
Also spelled Gledfield, this was a fleeting distillery in Ross and Cromarty from 1798-99.
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Gill
A lost Lowland distillery near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire that survived 15 years from 1825 to 1840.
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Gilcomston
An urban distillery in Aberdeen in the Gilcomston area with a near-90 year history.
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Garthland
A lost Renfrewshire distillery that operated near Lochwinnoch in the late 1700s.
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Garchory
A little-known, and now lost, farm distillery in the remote Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire.
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Fowlis
A rural distillery that survived nine years from 1817 to 1826 under two distillers in the ...
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Fortrose
A distillery at its namesake village in the Black Isle with a 35-year history, 22 of them silent.
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Fortingall
This short-lived lost distillery was founded by knighted author Sir David Stewart of Garth.
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Fort Augustus
The lost distillery of Fort Augustus was also known as Glentarff in the 1850s.
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Fintalich
This early 19th century Muthill farm distillery’s buildings still exist today as a cattery.
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Finnieston
A brewery-turned-distillery in the Finnieston area of Glasgow that survived from 1824 until ...
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Findon
A here-and-gone distillery at Culbokie in the Ferintosh area of the Black Isle, Easter Ross.
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Enzie
A rural distillery near the harbour village of Portgordon – then Banffshire, now Moray.
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Eastbridge
A Kirckaldy-located 19th century distillery, whose buildings still survive today.
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East Nevay
This Balkeerie site was one of many short-lived and now lost farm distilleries.
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Duntocher
A distillery west of Glasgow, at the village of Duntocher, on the Clyde's north bank.
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Dunning
This early 19th century village distillery lasted a good 15 years – a notable feat for the time.
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Dunkeld
The small town of Dunkeld housed a distillery that operated for just a few years in the 1800s.
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Dunfermline
A long-surviving urban distillery in Dunfermline, once considered one of Scotland’s premier cities.
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Dundas Castle
A licence was granted for the distillery in 1818, but whether it made whisky is another question.
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Dunbeath
One of the very earliest registered distilleries in Caithness, indeed the whole of Scotland.
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Dumfries
An urban Lowland distillery in its namesake town that distilled intermittently between 1795-1826.
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Dumbarton Bridge
Malt distillery in the town of Dumbarton that briefly operated during the 19th century.
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Dudhope
Dundee’s only known legal distillery survived for only a decade in the early 19th century.
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Drumin
All that’s left of the precursor to The Glenlivet is a small marker bearing its founder’s name.
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Carnwath
Distillery established in Lanarkshire in the early 19th century, also known as Wilsontown.
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Cardross
A Dunbartonshire distillery open for only a brief time in the final years of the 18th century.
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Cants Mill
A rural farm distillery open in Angus for just a year in the early 19th century.
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Canongate
One of Edinburgh’s many lost distilleries, which operated for a short period in the 1790s.
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Cambusbarron
A Stirlingshire distillery with a long history. Also known as Glenmurray and St Thomas’s Well.
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Cabrach
A farm distillery in the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. One of few legally sanctioned sites in the area.
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Burnbrae
Could the mysterious lost distillery of Burnbrae have been a neighbour of Kennetpans and Kilbagie?
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Bught
One of more than 20 lost distilleries in the Inverness area, Bught survived barely one year.
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Broomhill
A distillery at Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, a near-neighbour of Bonnymuir distillery.
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Bridgeton
This Glasgow distillery ran for a brief spell near Bridgeton station in the early 19th century.
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Bridgend
One of a swathe of lost Islay distilleries, Bridgend was briefly licensed in the early 19th century.
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Bridge of Don
A lost distillery that operated somewhere on Aberdeen’s northern edge in the late 18th century.
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Brawlbin
An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.
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Bonnymuir
Also known as Damhead, this now lost distillery was active near Falkirk in the 1830s.
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Bon Accord
A major distillery in Aberdeen with a long and interesting history. Also known as North of Scotland.
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Blackhill
An isolated Perthshire farm distillery on the lower slopes of Farragon Hill and Creag A' Mhadaidh.
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Blackburn
Fleeting rural 19th century distillery that operated in the village of Blackburn near Aberdeen.
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Beauly
A rural distillery at Beauly, in Inverness-shire, that stood beside the river of the same name.
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Barronepark
A lost Isle of Bute distillery that opened and closed several times in its 35-year history.
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Bankfoot
Possibly the same distillery as Auchtergaven, Bankfoot distillery is an anomaly.
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Bankell
A lost distillery of the early 19th century, located somewhere in Stirlingshire, now Dunbartonshire.
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Bank
A vanished 19th century distillery, also known as Bank of Bishoptown and Kirkcudbright.
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Balon
A late 18th-century distillery, active for less than a year at an unknown location in Perthshire.
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Balnaketoch
A family-run Perthshire operation that distilled whisky for a short time in the 1820s.
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Balnaguard
A short-lived Logierait venture that likely began life as an illegal distillery.
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Balnacraig
One of many distilleries in and around Moulin and Pitlochry in the early to mid-19th century.
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Balmore
A demolished distillery situated in its namesake village, in Stirlingshire, now East Dunbartonshire.
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Ballygrant
The lost Islay distillery of Ballygrant was but a fleeting part of the island’s history.
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Ballure
A lost distillery on the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll, recorded as operating in the 19th century.
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Balloch
Balloch distillery stood in or near its namesake castle by the southern tip of Loch Lomond.
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Ballintomb
Ballintomb was a Morayshire distillery that lasted 42 years, a remarkable feat in the 19th century.
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Ballie
A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Caithness farm distillery that opened and shut in 1798.
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Balfron
An early 19th century lost distillery located in its namesake village in Stirlingshire.
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Balerno
A lost 19th century distillery located in the Milothian locality of the same name.
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Badarrach
Badarrach was a distillery situated just south of the Kyle of Sutherland in Strath Oykel.
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Babute
One of many lost distilleries in Argyll that was operational briefly in the 18th century.
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Auchtergaven
A small Perthshire distillery that flowered and withered in the early 19th century.
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Auchmedden
An Aberdeenshire distillery that survived seven years of the 19th century, quite a feat at the time.
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Arngibbon
A short-lived rural distillery, located near the Perthshire-Stirlingshire border.
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Ardtalnaig
A distillery once located in Perthshire on Loch Tay’s south shore, possibly also called Lochtayside.
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Ardiseer
One of countless short-lived distilleries in Inverness-shire, also known as Ardersier.
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Altduanalt
A short-lived distillery in the village of Rhu, on the east shore of Gareloch.
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Airdrie
Airdrie, also known as Tobermore, was a successful and relatively long-surviving distillery.
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Achlatt
Achlatt is one of countless lost Perthshire distilleries, near Moulin, Pitlochry.
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Abbotshaugh
One of 18 lost distilleries in the Falkirk area, Abbotshaugh had a brief existence.
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Dornoch
Experimental Highlands distillery operating from an old fire station beside a castle.
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Ardnahoe
Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.
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Lindores Abbey
Sympathetic malt distillery built in homage to the adjacent historical Fife abbey.
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Strathmore
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
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Torabhaig
Skye’s second whisky distillery is configured to produce a typical island-style malt.
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Leven
Diageo’s little-known experimental distillery, situated within the Leven bottling facility.
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Clydeside
The new addition to Glasgow’s distilling revival is a blend of tradition and originality.
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Isle of Raasay
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
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Isle of Harris
Harris’ first commercial distillery that operates with the local community at its heart.
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Malt Mill
Micro-distillery built at Lagavulin with one of the most enigmatic tales in Scotch whisky history.
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Glasgow
Glasgow’s first standalone malt distillery for over 100 years has its own ‘metropolitan’ style.
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Loch Ewe
The smallest legal stills in Scotland live in an area famed for its illicit ‘whisky’.
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Eden Mill
Guardbridge’s Eden Mill is Scotland’s first combined brewery and distillery.
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Parkmore
Although silent for decades, Parkmore is still standing and in remarkably good condition.
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Dalmunach
The Imperial distillery made way for Chivas Brothers’ modern yet historically-sympathetic Dalmunach.
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St Magdalene
Lost 18th century malt distillery that was also known as Linlithgow.
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Port Ellen
It wasn't until its demise that Port Ellen’s whisky grew to become some of the most iconic.
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Rosebank
This Lowland malt with its gentle, fruity palate, commands a dedicated following.
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North Port
Also known as Brechin, North Port was a family-owned distillery bought out and closed by DCL.
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Lochside
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
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Ladyburn
Once producing a floral, citrus malt within Girvan's grain complex, Ladyburn's whisky is now rare.
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Killyloch
Short-lived malt distillery incorporated into Airdrie’s Moffat complex beside Glen Flagler.
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Kinclaith
Long-gone malt distillery situated inside Glasgow’s Strathclyde grain plant.
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Kingsbarns
A charming distillery and visitors’ centre built within an 18th century farmstead.
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Glenlochy
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
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Glenugie
Once Scotland’s most easterly distillery that fell victim to the 1980s whisky loch.
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Glen Albyn
This Inverness malt distillery was a forerunner of innovation though sadly demolished in 1983.
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Glen Flagler
Lowland malt distillery situated beside the Garnheath grain plant within Airdrie’s Moffat complex.
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Coleburn
This shy Speyside distillery was more famous for its experimental work than its single malt.
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Ben Wyvis
Short-lived malt distillery built within the Invergordon grain complex.
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North of Scotland
A now silent Lowland grain distillery that was once also home to the Strathmore malt plant.
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Lomond
The first example of a Lomond still was situated at the Lomond distillery in the Dumbarton complex.
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Carsebridge
One of the Lowland grain distilleries forming the naissance of DCL in the 19th century.
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Dumbarton
Grain distillery complex which also housed the Inverleven and Lomond malt distilleries.
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Garnheath
Lowland grain distillery situated within the vast Moffat distilling complex.
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Caledonian
Edinburgh-situated grain giant that was once the largest distillery in Scotland.
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Cambus
A Lowland grain distillery now transformed into Diageo’s cooperage hub in Alloa.
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Teaninich
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
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Strathisla
Strathisla is the oldest licensed, and very well prettiest, distillery in Scotland.
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Royal Brackla
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
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Scapa
Orkney's Scapa is the only distillery to use a Lomond still to create whisky.
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Lagavulin
Diageo's Islay distillery produces a smoky, coastal malt, and was once home to the famed Malt Mill.
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GlenAllachie
Delicate, fruity Speysider recently relaunched as a single malt whisky.
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Glendronach
An old-style whisky that echoes the substantial Victorian buildings in which it’s made.
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Glenfarclas
One of the oldest distilleries in Speyside and one that still uses direct fire to heat its stills.
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Dalwhinnie
Single malt distillery owned by Diageo, located on the banks of the Strathspey.
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Craigellachie
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
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Bladnoch
An historic site given a new lease of life as a grassy, malty Lowland malt.
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Ballindalloch
Hailed as Scotland’s first single estate distillery, and the first within a castle’s grounds.
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Balvenie
Balvenie is one of the few distilleries to still operate a floor maltings.
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Ardnamurchan
Sustainable distillery situated on the most westerly point of the British mainland.
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Auchentoshan
Lowlands malt distillery that exclusively triple distils its spirit.
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Aberlour
Part of Chivas Brothers' portfolio, Aberlour is best known for its cult expression, A'Bunadh.
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Ailsa Bay
Flexible Lowlands distillery situated within the Girvan complex producing a range of malt styles.
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Annandale
Annandale produces two types of single malt whisky, neither of which will be ready until 2018.