Lochside
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
Guardbridge’s Eden Mill is Scotland’s first combined brewery and distillery.
One of the world’s most recognisable blended Scotch whisky brands with roots in Victorian Scotland.
A malt, a blend and a grain make up this trio of whiskies from Sutcliffe & Son.
A Lowland grain distillery now transformed into Diageo’s cooperage hub in Alloa.
Experimental Highlands distillery operating from an old fire station beside a castle.
This enduring Scotch whisky is best known for its associations to explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
BrewDog’s experimental whisky and spirits distillery is anything but conventional.
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
This shy Speyside distillery was more famous for its experimental work than its single malt.
Single malt distillery owned by Diageo, located on the banks of the Strathspey.
An old-style whisky that echoes the substantial Victorian buildings in which it’s made.
Short-lived malt distillery incorporated into Airdrie’s Moffat complex beside Glen Flagler.
This Inverness malt distillery was a forerunner of innovation though sadly demolished in 1983.
Discontinued blend established by the Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd in the 1970s.
This blended Scotch whisky was created in honour of the ruined Mull castle and seat of Clan Maclean.
The Teacher’s blend is notable for its high malt content and use of peaty malt whisky.
A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Caithness farm distillery that opened and shut in 1798.
The most successful blended Scotch created by one of Glasgow’s great brokers, Wm Lundie & Co.
Blended Scotch whisky produced by Marussia Beverages that was named after a great Scottish warship.
As the name suggests, a blend of smoky Island and Highland single malts from Compass Box.
Blended malt born by mistake at Glenmorangie’s blending plant after some clever lateral thinking.
Also called Benachie in the US, this blended malt pays tribute to a lost Aberdeenshire distillery.
Blended malt created exclusively for Safeway from the ashes of Guinness’ infamous DCL takeover.
The last remaining whisky in Lombard Brands’ dinner-oriented Illustration Malts series.
Blended malt whisky produced to mimic the style produced by one of Fife’s lost distilleries.
One of the first blends released by Chivas Brothers, and a forerunner to Chivas Regal.
A 19th century distillery that was once located in its namesake village in Perthshire.
An early 19th century Argyll distillery that became a world-class racing yacht workshop.
Blended Scotch whisky named after the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore!
Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.
A long-lost farm distillery, once sited between Musselburgh and Tranent.
Lost 18th century distillery in Morayshire whose unidentified distiller went bankrupt in 1795.
This Glasgow distillery ran for a brief spell near Bridgeton station in the early 19th century.
Quaintly named distillery in Bo’ness, West Lothian, that operated briefly in the late 18th century.
Another distillery with a short lifespan at Slamannan, near Falkirk, from 1825-26.
One of many lost distilleries in the Stirling area, but one of the few operated by a woman.
A distillery at Dunbar, East Lothian, that distilled from 1798 until the mid-1830s.
Also known as Phingask, this lost Fraserburgh distillery was relatively successful.
A late 18th-century distillery, active for less than a year at an unknown location in Perthshire.
A Caithness farm distillery run by James Henderson, who later founded Pulteney distillery in Wick.
A rural farm distillery open in Angus for just a year in the early 19th century.
This Perthshire distillery was was open from 1817 to 1826 under three different licensees.
A long-defunct distillery at Portsoy, on the Moray Firth. Also known as Burnside.
Badarrach was a distillery situated just south of the Kyle of Sutherland in Strath Oykel.
An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.
A lost Lowland distillery near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire that survived 15 years from 1825 to 1840.
An early farm-based distillery south of Stirling that was active in the 1790s.
An enigmatic distillery near Whithorn whose location and licence-holder remain a complete mystery.
A short-lived Logierait venture that likely began life as an illegal distillery.
An urban Lowland distillery in its namesake town that distilled intermittently between 1795-1826.
A little-known, and now lost, farm distillery in the remote Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire.
One of Midlothian’s short-lived farm distilleries that operated for three years in the 18th century.
Lost Speyside distillery located near Huntly, which was also known as Pirries Mill or Peiries Mill.
This 19th century distillery near Aberfeldy stood silent for much of its 42-year history.
Rathohall, also known as Ratho, was a Midlothian distillery established near Edinburgh in the 1820s.
An urban distillery that once stood somewhere in Aberdeen in the 19th century.
A lost Stirlingshire distillery. Not to be confused with the many blends that use the Bard’s name.
This lost Midlothian distillery was active for around five years at the start of the 19th century.
A hard-to-pinpoint lost Speyside distillery, located somewhere in the Elgin area.
Airdrie, also known as Tobermore, was a successful and relatively long-surviving distillery.
A Kirckaldy-located 19th century distillery, whose buildings still survive today.
All that’s left of the precursor to The Glenlivet is a small marker bearing its founder’s name.
One of the very few licensed distilleries in the Mearns, which operated briefly in the 18th century.
This early 19th century Muthill farm distillery’s buildings still exist today as a cattery.
The new addition to Glasgow’s distilling revival is a blend of tradition and originality.
Diageo’s little-known experimental distillery, situated within the Leven bottling facility.
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
A vanished 19th century distillery, also known as Bank of Bishoptown and Kirkcudbright.
The small town of Dunkeld housed a distillery that operated for just a few years in the 1800s.
A 19th century distillery that operated on what was then the outskirts of Aberdeen.
A remarkably enduring blend from Victorian Edinburgh containing some of the ‘finest malt whisky’.
The world’s first luxury blended whisky owned by Chivas Brothers is a lesson in survival.
Well-aged blended Scotch whisky forming part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
Value blend produced by Loch Lomond Group that enjoys considerable success in the UK and overseas.
Victorian blend that became world-famous thanks to its friendly black and white terrier mascots.
A once popular blend named after the monarch who introduced distilling licences in 1823.
Deluxe blend introduced by Matthew Gloag & Sons around the time of The Famous Grouse.
A popular 20th century blend named after one of the great Glasgow whisky firms – Bulloch Lade.
The proprietary brand of what became Ainslie & Heilbron (Distillers) Ltd, an old DCL subsidiary.
Founded in Glasgow in 1882, Whyte & Mackay is one of Scotland’s most enduring blends.
A core standard blend in the Chivas Brother’s portfolio, especially popular in Asia.
Scotch blend created for the Italian market by the Tanist Bonding Company of Glasgow.
The peated single malt produced at Speyside’s Tomintoul distillery, near Ballindalloch.
Heavily peated Lowland malt produced at the short-lived Killyloch distillery in Airdrie.
Skye’s second whisky distillery is configured to produce a typical island-style malt.
A multifarious whisky shop, museum, café and independent bottler based in Rendsburg, Germany.
Belgian drinks company that offers very occasional indie bottlings through its whisky shop.
Small German whisky shop specialising in rare bottles and some in-house independent bottlings.
Glenkeir Whiskies operates UK retailer The Whisky Shop, which bottles its own range of whiskies.
Small Italian wine shop and deli that dabbled briefly in whisky bottling.
English independent bottler and retail shop owned by Thomas Ewers of Malts Of Scotland.
Netherlands-based online retailer that also produces special whisky festival bottlings.
An online retailer offering a curated range of Scotch whisky, specialising in single casks.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
Bar, grill, bottle shop and independent bottler of single malt whiskies in Milan, Italy.
A London-based independent bottler that also operates a retail shop and bar in Singapore.
German whisky shop which also does its own independent bottlings on occasion.
Long-standing Bologna whisky bar and shop with a short history of independent bottlings.
Small German distillery and shop with a few independent Scotch whisky bottlings to its name.
Munich-based spirits retailer with its own line of own label Scotch whiskies.
Edinburgh whisky specialist offering ‘try before you buy’ service, with on-site bar and bistro.
A Scotch whisky distilling and blending company famous for its Teacher’s Highland Cream blend.
Distiller and blender responsible for the Queen Anne and Something Special blends.
Private bottling plant that transformed into a substantial whisky distiller and blender.
Glasgow-based blender, bottler and owner of Glen Scotia distillery in Campbeltown.
Canadian distiller Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts’ Scotch whisky operation.
Owner of two distilleries in in the Argyllshire port of Campbeltown.
Dutch producer and distributor of wine and spirits, and owner of the UK’s Mossburn Distillers.
Once owner of Lagavulin distillery and creator of the globally successful White Horse blend.
Distilling and blending company whose whisky was on board the ill-fated S.S Politician.
Blending and distilling operation perhaps most famous today for its London dry gin.
Owner of Lagavulin and Craigellachie distilleries that evolved out of Mackie & Co.
An independent distiller and blender that once operated Caol Ila and Tamdhu distilleries.
Former owner of the Clynelish (Brora) distillery in Sutherland.
Prolific English gin and Scotch whisky distiller and blender that became Long John International.
Spanish whisky producer that once owned Lochside distillery in Montrose.
US owner of The BenRiach Distillery Company, and producer of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey.
Grain and malt whisky distiller and blender owned by French group La Martiniquaise.
The UK’s highest whisky retailer and independent bottler in Tomintoul.
London’s Fortnum & Mason has supplied food, drinks and more to its customers for over 300 years.
This Germany-based independent whisky retailer is the creator of the annual Whisky Calendar.
Legendary wine merchant that bottled whiskies for a short period in the 1970s and 80s.
High-end Campbeltown deli-turned-independent bottler that became a Cadenhead outlet.
Independent bottler and blender with plans to revive Perth’s whisky heritage.
German whisky retailer specialising in Scotch whisky with a small number of own label bottlings.
Danish wine and spirits store stocking a small selection of own-label Scotch whisky.
The holding company created to build and operate Isle of Harris distillery.
The holding company of Laphroaig distillery, now owned by US-Japan entity, Beam Suntory.
A family company that owned and operated a single distillery, Dalmore, for nearly a century.
German whisky and cigar merchant that offers customers occasional single casks under its own label.
Lost chain of London wine shops formerly owned by Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin.
Retailer and importer of Scotch whisky based on the island of Malmö in Central Sweden.
Swiss wine and spirits importer and retailer located near Aargau.
A specialist whisky retailer based on the German, tax-exempt archipelago of Heligoland.
UK chain of shops allowing customers to bottle their own spirits and condiments by hand.
Scotch whisky specialist in Frankfurt, Germany known for its ‘whisky seasons calendars’.
Edinburgh-based company behind the first Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay.
John Milroy’s company under which the Frisky Whisky range was bottled.
Small German indie bottler with only a handful of releases to its name.
Young Italian independent bottler with a meticulous focus on single cask whiskies.
Stuttgart-based whisky retailer with its own small range of independent bottlings.
A famous name in the world of Scotch whisky and wine, and one which has survived to the present day.
Nineteenth-century Yorkshire food retailer with its own selection of Scotch whiskies.
Danish whisky retailer owned by Brian Toft, which also offers its own independent bottlings.
A whisky and tobacco merchant founded in Glasgow in 1874, now with stores across the UK.
Historic Perth-based blender, bottler and wholesale wine and spirits merchant.
Low-key but prolific German whisky bottler and delicatessen run by a husband-and-wife team.
Independent whisky retailer in Zurich, which occasionally offers its own label Scotch.
Village grocer, ironmonger and wine and spirits merchant that became known for its whisky.
Small Cumbria-based indie bottler with a number of interesting but obscure whiskies to its name.
Swiss whisky retailer selling an extensive range of spirits, including own-label Scotch.
German independent retailer specialising in rum and whisky, as well as whisky perfume.
Perth-based whisky blender best known for its Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky brand.
James Devereaux was a wholesaler of alcoholic beverages based in London, UK.
German tobacconist selling a range of single malt Scotch whiskies bottled under its own label.
Whisky club based in Belgium, organising tasting events and offering club bottlings.
One of the longest-serving Calor Gas dealerships, and Orkney wine and spirits merchant.
A family-run German deli and wine merchant chain that also offers its own single cask bottlings.
An independent wine and spirits retailer with seven stores across the UK.
Blending company formed by two First Wold War veterans, best known for its Red Hackle blend.
The London-based luxury department store has had several Scotch whiskies bottled under its name.
The Danish discount supermarket chain offers its own Scotch in the form of the Old House brand.
Small German whisky retailer with sites in Spaden, Bremen and Bremerhaven.
The historic London wine merchant and bar chain has bottled its own whiskies since the 1980s.
Danish whisky events organiser with its own range of limited edition Scotch whiskies.
This UK-based co-operative of independent grocers sells its own whisky in the form of Banoch Brae.
California-based wine merchant and auctioneer that bottles single malts under the Faultline label.
American bottler specialising in Scotch and world whiskies under the Single Cask Nation label.
Though to be Sweden’s first independent bottler of single cask single malts.
Subsidiary of The Glenmorangie Company Ltd that once bottled the notorious 80:20 blend.
This Switzerland-based duty free retailer has been bottlings its own whiskies since 2013.