Glenugie
Once Scotland’s most easterly distillery that fell victim to the 1980s whisky loch.
Once Scotland’s most easterly distillery that fell victim to the 1980s whisky loch.
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
A charming distillery and visitors’ centre built within an 18th century farmstead.
The smallest legal stills in Scotland live in an area famed for its illicit ‘whisky’.
One of the world’s most recognisable blended Scotch whisky brands with roots in Victorian Scotland.
Edinburgh-situated grain giant that was once the largest distillery in Scotland.
Lowland malt distillery situated beside the Garnheath grain plant within Airdrie’s Moffat complex.
Grain distillery complex which also housed the Inverleven and Lomond malt distilleries.
A Lowland grain distillery now transformed into Diageo’s cooperage hub in Alloa.
Lowland grain distillery situated within the vast Moffat distilling complex.
Experimental Highlands distillery operating from an old fire station beside a castle.
Sympathetic malt distillery built in homage to the adjacent historical Fife abbey.
An export-only Scotch brand that took its name from a long-closed distillery near Stirling.
Lost Lowland distillery that was victimised by the Steins and once run by the Haigs. Also an ...
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
BrewDog’s experimental whisky and spirits distillery is anything but conventional.
Strathisla is the oldest licensed, and very well prettiest, distillery in Scotland.
Compass Box’s flagship blended grain whisky broke the mould upon its introduction in 2000.
An historic site given a new lease of life as a grassy, malty Lowland malt.
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
Short-lived malt distillery incorporated into Airdrie’s Moffat complex beside Glen Flagler.
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
Diageo's Islay distillery produces a smoky, coastal malt, and was once home to the famed Malt Mill.
It wasn't until its demise that Port Ellen’s whisky grew to become some of the most iconic.
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
Also known as Brechin, North Port was a family-owned distillery bought out and closed by DCL.
Long-gone malt distillery situated inside Glasgow’s Strathclyde grain plant.
An old-style whisky that echoes the substantial Victorian buildings in which it’s made.
One of the oldest distilleries in Speyside and one that still uses direct fire to heat its stills.
This shy Speyside distillery was more famous for its experimental work than its single malt.
Delicate, fruity Speysider recently relaunched as a single malt whisky.
Flexible Lowlands distillery situated within the Girvan complex producing a range of malt styles.
Lost 18th century malt distillery that was also known as Linlithgow.
Lowlands malt distillery that exclusively triple distils its spirit.
Part of Chivas Brothers' portfolio, Aberlour is best known for its cult expression, A'Bunadh.
Balvenie is one of the few distilleries to still operate a floor maltings.
Single malt distillery owned by Diageo, located on the banks of the Strathspey.
Although silent for decades, Parkmore is still standing and in remarkably good condition.
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
A lost Lowland distillery near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire that survived 15 years from 1825 to 1840.
First produced in Victorian Inverness, this blended Scotch has established a following Stateside.
Malts from five distilleries are vatted together to form this fruity number from Murray McDavid.
Some grain whisky from the lost North of Scotland distillery was bottled under the name ‘Alloa’.
Discontinued blend established by the Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd in the 1970s.
The biggest, and most iconic, blended Scotch whisky is recognisable the world over.
Single grain Scotch whisky endorsed by David Beckham, with its roots in 17th century Scotland.
A Stirlingshire distillery with a long history. Also known as Glenmurray and St Thomas’s Well.
Range of single malt and blended Scotch whiskies produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery.
The Teacher’s blend is notable for its high malt content and use of peaty malt whisky.
While its name references a long-forgotten ailment, Monkey Shoulder is a thoroughly modern whisky.
Remote west coast distillery producing a light, fruity and 100% organic single malt spirit.
An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.
A distillery at its namesake village in the Black Isle with a 35-year history, 22 of them silent.
Lombard Brands’ third installment in its Illustration Malts series of blended malts.
This blended malt was produced by the Glenfyne Distillery Co for a short time in the 1930s.
A vanished Perthshire blend from the house of Arthur Bell & Sons, now owned by Diageo.
Speyside blended malt featuring whiskies sourced from Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes.
William Whiteley named this blended malt after Edradour distillery’s original moniker.
Pebble Beach was a transient brand designed to reveal Speyside’s characteristics.
Spice-led blended malt from Compass Box, which gets its flavour from three Highland whiskies.
Blended malt created exclusively for Safeway from the ashes of Guinness’ infamous DCL takeover.
This series of three independently bottled blended malts raised thousands for charity.
Balloch distillery stood in or near its namesake castle by the southern tip of Loch Lomond.
Annandale produces two types of single malt whisky, neither of which will be ready until 2018.
This Glasgow distillery ran for a brief spell near Bridgeton station in the early 19th century.
Well-aged blended Scotch whisky forming part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
Hailed as Scotland’s first single estate distillery, and the first within a castle’s grounds.
Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.
Scotland’s first community-owned distillery is also 100% powered by renewable energy.
One of many distilleries in and around Moulin and Pitlochry in the early to mid-19th century.
A distillery at Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, a near-neighbour of Bonnymuir distillery.
A short-lived distillery in Kilmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, that operated in the early 1830s.
Glasgow’s first standalone malt distillery for over 100 years has its own ‘metropolitan’ style.
Harris’ first commercial distillery that operates with the local community at its heart.
A lost distillery on the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll, recorded as operating in the 19th century.
A long-surviving urban distillery in Dunfermline, once considered one of Scotland’s premier cities.
Micro-distillery built at Lagavulin with one of the most enigmatic tales in Scotch whisky history.
Could the mysterious lost distillery of Burnbrae have been a neighbour of Kennetpans and Kilbagie?
An urban Lowland distillery in its namesake town that distilled intermittently between 1795-1826.
Lost 18th century distillery in Morayshire whose unidentified distiller went bankrupt in 1795.
A 19th century distillery that operated for a short time in Ayrshire town of the same name.
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
Also known as Damhead, this now lost distillery was active near Falkirk in the 1830s.
An early 19th century distillery that operated briefly in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
A lost rural 19th century Perthshire distillery, the precise location of which is ambiguous.
An early 19th century Argyll distillery that became a world-class racing yacht workshop.
One of the very few licensed distilleries in the Mearns, which operated briefly in the 18th century.
Diageo’s little-known experimental distillery, situated within the Leven bottling facility.
Single malt whisky produced at Tobermory distillery, initially for a tax exemption scheme.
Heavily peated Lowland malt produced at the short-lived Killyloch distillery in Airdrie.
Value blend produced by Loch Lomond Group that enjoys considerable success in the UK and overseas.
A now dormant blended Scotch owned by Morrison Bowmore that has its roots in the 1930s.
Deluxe blend introduced by Matthew Gloag & Sons around the time of The Famous Grouse.
The proprietary brand of what became Ainslie & Heilbron (Distillers) Ltd, an old DCL subsidiary.
The world’s first luxury blended whisky owned by Chivas Brothers is a lesson in survival.
The flagship blend of John Haig & Co. was the first spirit to smash the million case barrier.
This historic blended Scotch has its roots in Moray, but has a loyal following in Columbia.
A 20th century blend nurtured by Macdonald & Muir that was eventually withdrawn in 2014.
Blended Scotch whisky brand created to commemorate the Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee.
With its 3 Star and 5 Star versions, Crawford’s was once a very popular blend in Scotland.
A widely distributed Speyside-based blend created by blender and gin distiller W&A Gilbey.
One of the original big peaty blends, created by Laphroaig’s former owner, Ian Hunter.
Produced exclusively for French supermarket Intermarché, this blend is one of France’s favourites.
This historic blended Scotch was first created by Skye blender Ian Macleod in the mid-1900s.
Blended Scotch whisky named after the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore!
A defunct William Whiteley & Co. blended Scotch designed for locomotive consumption.
A venerable old Glaswegian blend with a distinctive ‘thin red line’ down the label.
A core standard blend in the Chivas Brother’s portfolio, especially popular in Asia.
Be it Dimple Haig or Dimple Pinch, this blend is still going over 120 years since its creation.
A once popular blend named after the monarch who introduced distilling licences in 1823.
The Scotch blend was named after the famous Glasgow merchant that owned Dallas Dhu distillery.
Popular in export markets, this blend became a firm favourite of one of the world’s richest men.
A standard Scotch blend in Africa and part of William Sanderson & Son’s Vat 69 stable.
A relatively recent and short-lived deluxe blend from Chivas Brothers developed for travel retail.
A curated collection of single malts distilled on Islay and bottled under the Port Askaig brand.
A now discontinued light, fruity single malt from Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
The peated single malt produced at Speyside’s Tomintoul distillery, near Ballindalloch.
An experimental peated Speyside malt produced at Glen Keith distillery on Speyside in the 1970s.
Now discontinued, heavily peated single malt from the Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
Heavily-peated variant of Inchmurrin single malt, both produced at Loch Lomond distillery.
Old Pulteney single malt is distilled in the fishing port of Wick at the Pulteney distillery.
Heavily peated single malt Scotch produced at the multifaceted Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
Fruity and grassy single malt whisky produced at Loch Lomond distillery in the Highlands.
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
The owner of independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail and Benromach distillery.
US owner of The BenRiach Distillery Company, and producer of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey.
Independent bottling company and Islay whisky distiller based in Glasgow.
Mumbai-based owner of the Seven Islands single malt, produced in collaboration with BenRiach.
A holding company set up by Guinness PLC after its takeover of the Distillers Company Ltd.
An independent distiller and blender that once operated Caol Ila and Tamdhu distilleries.
Owner of two distilleries in in the Argyllshire port of Campbeltown.
British brewer, hotelier and restaurateur that at one time owned five Scotch whisky distilleries.
Owner of Tomatin distillery and producer of Antiquary, Talisman and Cù Bòcan whiskies.
The group formed by the merger of Glenlivet, Glen Grant, BenRiach, Caperdnoich and Longmorn.
A leading single malt Scotch whisky distiller and blender under Thai ownership.
Distilling dynasty best known for its early adoption of the patent still at Cameronbridge.
The once-owner of two Campbeltown distilleries briefly operated by James Gulliver’s Argyll Group.
Leith-based whisky blender most famous for its Vat 69 blend.
Bristol-based wine and spirits group that grew to become the second-largest in the world.
Scotch whisky giant that assumed virtual control of the Scotch whisky industry.
Distiller and blender that was integral to the formation of Diageo as we know it today.
Canadian distiller Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts’ Scotch whisky operation.
The Scotch malt whisky arm of luxury goods group Louis Vuitton-Moët Hennessy (LVMH).
Independent distilling operation, with two distilleries, located on the Isle of Arran.
Glasgow-based blender, bottler and owner of Glen Scotia distillery in Campbeltown.
A hotel and catering conglomerate which became one of the world’s top wine and spirit producers.
The successful Scotch whisky arm of the doomed Canadian distilling giant of the same name.
Prolific English gin and Scotch whisky distiller and blender that became Long John International.
US-based liquor giant that held significant Scotch interests during the 20th century.
Owner of Lagavulin and Craigellachie distilleries that evolved out of Mackie & Co.
Family-owned drinks business, best known for the world’s leading single malt whisky, Glenfiddich.
Distilling and blending company whose whisky was on board the ill-fated S.S Politician.
A whisky blending and bottling company famous for its Clan Campbell blended whiskies.
Once owner of Lagavulin distillery and creator of the globally successful White Horse blend.
One of the ‘Big Five’ producers that grew from a one-man business into a global empire.
Glasgow whisky broker that grew into a distilling and blending heavyweight.
Former owner of the Clynelish (Brora) distillery in Sutherland.
Former Glasgow-based blender and distiller, whose brand name is now owned by Ian Macleod Distillers.
Company founded to oversee the build and operation of Ncn’ean distillery in Oban.
Long-lost distiller and blender that operated out of Greenock, London and Dublin.
Glasgow-based pub-operator that was formerly associated with distilling and blending.
Although incorporated in 1980, the drinks wholesaler can trace its heritage to the 18th century.
Subsidiary of Picard Vins & Spiritueux, which bottles blends and malts.
Glasgow-based owner of The Ileach, Black Cuillin and Pibroch single malts.
Once operator of Littlemill distillery in Dunbartonshire, now owned by Loch Lomond Group.
High-end Campbeltown deli-turned-independent bottler that became a Cadenhead outlet.
Legendary wine merchant that bottled whiskies for a short period in the 1970s and 80s.
Operator of Glendronach Distillery near Huntly, which is itself owned by BenRiach Distillery Co.
Subsidiary of Burn Stewart Distillers that operates Tobermory distillery on Mull.
The holding company of Laphroaig distillery, now owned by US-Japan entity, Beam Suntory.
Independent bottler and operator of Dornoch distillery in Sutherland.
The story of Glenglassaugh distillery’s operator is a true phoenix-from-the-flames tale.
The current custodian of Rothes’ Glen Grant distillery, which is owned by Italy’s Gruppo Campari.
The operator of Edradour malt distillery, which also produces the Ballechin peated malt.
Holding company overseeing the construction and operation of the Clydeside distillery in Glasgow.
Company established to oversee the build and operation of Ballindalloch distillery in Banffshire.
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
A family company that owned and operated a single distillery, Dalmore, for nearly a century.
Edinburgh-based company with two Speyside distilleries and one Highland distillery in its portfolio.
Producer of the Glen Carren blended malt, as well as other spirits such as rum and gin.
German independent retailer specialising in rum and whisky, as well as whisky perfume.
Edinburgh-based independent bottler and producer of the whisky cask-rested Firkin Gin.
Perth-based blender and producer of Reliance blended Scotch whisky.
Independent bottler with a focus on well-matured single cask single malts.
Blending company formed by two First Wold War veterans, best known for its Red Hackle blend.
Carlisle’s State Management Scheme was one of three set up in Britain to nationalise the ...
Leith-based Scotch whisky blender most famous for its Dandie Dinmont brand.
London-based wine merchant and whisky blender best known for its Ye Olde Drury blend.
Blender and merchant most famous for creating Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine.
Glasgow whisky merchant and blender that became the licensee for Dufftown’s Parkmore distillery.
A Sheffield-based wine and spirits merchant and whisky blender that closed in 1970.
Taiwanese blender and bottler of Scotch whiskies named after the famous French artist.
Fife-based blender and proprietor of the Davaar brand of Scotch whisky.
Major brewing conglomerate in the 1960s and ‘70s which diversified into whisky.
Hull-based wine and spirits merchant known for selling its own brand of Scotch whiskies.
Defunct Glasgow-based wholesale tea, wine and spirit merchant, specialising in whisky blending.
The Speyside-based sporting retailer has had a couple of whiskies bottled under its own label.
One of the longest-serving Calor Gas dealerships, and Orkney wine and spirits merchant.
A small independent Belgian bottler and importer run by whisky writer Bert Bruyneel.
The global cash and carry franchise sells its own whisky under the Glengannon label.
Speyside hotel and bar, located in Craigellachie at the heart of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail.
The London-based luxury department store has had several Scotch whiskies bottled under its name.
Swiss wine and spirits importer and retailer located near Aargau.
Independent whisky retailer in Zurich, which occasionally offers its own label Scotch.
An independent wine and spirits retailer with seven stores across the UK.
German whisky and cigar merchant that offers customers occasional single casks under its own label.
The historic Dutch chain of wine and spirits retailers sells whiskies under its own label.
Whisky club based in Belgium, organising tasting events and offering club bottlings.
The Danish discount supermarket chain offers its own Scotch in the form of the Old House brand.
International charge card organisation that occasionally bottled whiskies for its members.
Edinburgh whisky specialist offering ‘try before you buy’ service, with on-site bar and bistro.
Bar, grill, bottle shop and independent bottler of single malt whiskies in Milan, Italy.
A US-based retail warehouse club selling Scotch whisky under the Kirkland Signature brand.
German whisky retailer specialising in Scotch whisky with a small number of own label bottlings.
Scotch whisky specialist in Frankfurt, Germany known for its ‘whisky seasons calendars’.
Global asset manager with Scotch whisky connections and own-label bottlings to its name.
One of Europe’s largest budget grocery retailers, with its own line of Scotch whiskies.
Danish whisky events organiser with its own range of limited edition Scotch whiskies.
The historic London wine merchant and bar chain has bottled its own whiskies since the 1980s.
A multifarious whisky shop, museum, café and independent bottler based in Rendsburg, Germany.
Britain’s largest wine merchant also bottles whiskies under the Old Harry and First Cask labels.
Independent bottling company based in California that’s run by Scotsman Steve Lipp.
UK chain of shops allowing customers to bottle their own spirits and condiments by hand.
A whisky bonding, bottling and brokering company based at the old Coleburn distillery site.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
An independent bottling range founded by Gordon Wright after leaving Bruichladdich in 2005.
German bottler and importer known in particular for indy releases of aged Ledaig and Ben Nevis.
Belgian drinks company that offers very occasional indie bottlings through its whisky shop.
California-based wine merchant and auctioneer that bottles single malts under the Faultline label.
Village grocer, ironmonger and wine and spirits merchant that became known for its whisky.
Independent Scottish bottler and merchant based in Inverkeithing, Fife.
Long-standing Bologna whisky bar and shop with a short history of independent bottlings.
John Milroy’s company under which the Frisky Whisky range was bottled.
Subsidiary of The Glenmorangie Company Ltd that once bottled the notorious 80:20 blend.
Pointers of London & Edinburgh primarily sold porcelain gifts and occasionally whisky decanters.
Family-run German spirits importer that regularly bottles its own Scotch whiskies.
Italian bottler with strong historical connections to recent whisky history in Italy.
Though to be Sweden’s first independent bottler of single cask single malts.
Danish brewery and micro distillery which also has a range of independent bottlings to its name.
This family-owned independent bottler specialises in cask strength whiskies.
Private members’ club and independent bottler of whiskies and spirits.
Young Italian independent bottler with a meticulous focus on single cask whiskies.
Small, family-owned Scottish company specialising in independent and novelty whisky bottlings.
Prominent 1980s Italian indie bottler that helped establish a trend for cask strength whiskies.
One of London’s oldest wine merchants with an opaque history and some legendary bottlings.