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One of the world’s most recognisable blended Scotch whisky brands with roots in Victorian Scotland.
One of the world’s most recognisable blended Scotch whisky brands with roots in Victorian Scotland.
Victorian blend that became world-famous thanks to its friendly black and white terrier mascots.
The world’s first luxury blended whisky owned by Chivas Brothers is a lesson in survival.
The biggest, and most iconic, blended Scotch whisky is recognisable the world over.
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
Popular in export markets, this blend became a firm favourite of one of the world’s richest men.
One of the world’s best-selling Scotch whiskies, with a strong following in France.
Guardbridge’s Eden Mill is Scotland’s first combined brewery and distillery.
One of the Lowland grain distilleries forming the naissance of DCL in the 19th century.
Edinburgh-situated grain giant that was once the largest distillery in Scotland.
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.
The ‘world’s lightest Scotch’ was a blended whisky with a large following in the US.
Popular blended Scotch and single malt whisky brand sold in over 40 countries around the world.
Sympathetic malt distillery built in homage to the adjacent historical Fife abbey.
Once the ‘world’s most expensive whisky’, this 1920s blend was created by the owner of Edradour.
BrewDog’s experimental whisky and spirits distillery is anything but conventional.
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
Diageo's Islay distillery produces a smoky, coastal malt, and was once home to the famed Malt Mill.
Balvenie is one of the few distilleries to still operate a floor maltings.
Compass Box’s flagship blended grain whisky broke the mould upon its introduction in 2000.
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
Also known as Brechin, North Port was a family-owned distillery bought out and closed by DCL.
Part of Chivas Brothers' portfolio, Aberlour is best known for its cult expression, A'Bunadh.
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
Lost 18th century malt distillery that was also known as Linlithgow.
One of the oldest distilleries in Speyside and one that still uses direct fire to heat its stills.
It wasn't until its demise that Port Ellen’s whisky grew to become some of the most iconic.
Single malt distillery owned by Diageo, located on the banks of the Strathspey.
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
Some grain whisky from the lost North of Scotland distillery was bottled under the name ‘Alloa’.
An early 19th century Argyll distillery that became a world-class racing yacht workshop.
First produced in Victorian Inverness, this blended Scotch has established a following Stateside.
A standard blend from the 1930s and now the most popular ‘premium whisky’ in France.
Today this historic Scotch brand created by Macdonald & Muir covers both blends and single malts.
A licence was granted for the distillery in 1818, but whether it made whisky is another question.
While its name references a long-forgotten ailment, Monkey Shoulder is a thoroughly modern whisky.
Blended malt whisky produced to mimic the style produced by one of Fife’s lost distilleries.
Speyside blended malt featuring whiskies sourced from Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes.
As the name suggests, a blend of smoky Island and Highland single malts from Compass Box.
Also called Benachie in the US, this blended malt pays tribute to a lost Aberdeenshire distillery.
William Whiteley named this blended malt after Edradour distillery’s original moniker.
Spice-led blended malt from Compass Box, which gets its flavour from three Highland whiskies.
This blended malt was produced by the Glenfyne Distillery Co for a short time in the 1930s.
This blended malt is designed to mimic the character of Perthshire’s lost Auchnagie distillery.
Campbeltown’s smallest distillery, Springside managed to survive an astonishing 99 years.
This short-lived lost distillery was founded by knighted author Sir David Stewart of Garth.
Harris’ first commercial distillery that operates with the local community at its heart.
Badarrach was a distillery situated just south of the Kyle of Sutherland in Strath Oykel.
A late Victorian blend produced by the eponymous distiller Peter Dawson, now owned by Diageo.
A rural distillery at Beauly, in Inverness-shire, that stood beside the river of the same name.
One of a swathe of lost Islay distilleries, Bridgend was briefly licensed in the early 19th century.
One of more than 20 lost distilleries in the Inverness area, Bught survived barely one year.
A Dunbartonshire distillery open for only a brief time in the final years of the 18th century.
Heastigro is another quaintly-named and short-lived Caithness distillery, licensed to John Gun ...
Rathohall, also known as Ratho, was a Midlothian distillery established near Edinburgh in the 1820s.
One of countless short-lived distilleries in Inverness-shire, also known as Ardersier.
Balloch distillery stood in or near its namesake castle by the southern tip of Loch Lomond.
One of Edinburgh’s many lost distilleries, which operated for a short period in the 1790s.
A rural distillery near the harbour village of Portgordon – then Banffshire, now Moray.
A distillery at its namesake village in the Black Isle with a 35-year history, 22 of them silent.
Also spelled Gledfield, this was a fleeting distillery in Ross and Cromarty from 1798-99.
An early 19th century distillery that operated briefly in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
The small town of Dunkeld housed a distillery that operated for just a few years in the 1800s.
A distillery west of Glasgow, at the village of Duntocher, on the Clyde's north bank.
A rural distillery that survived nine years from 1817 to 1826 under two distillers in the ...
One of Aberdeenshire’s lost 19th century distilleries, also known as Inverary and Inverurie.
A 19th century distillery that was once located in its namesake village in Perthshire.
A Caithness farm distillery run by James Henderson, who later founded Pulteney distillery in Wick.
Diageo’s little-known experimental distillery, situated within the Leven bottling facility.
Glasgow’s first standalone malt distillery for over 100 years has its own ‘metropolitan’ style.
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
A defunct William Whiteley & Co. blended Scotch designed for locomotive consumption.
The own-label blended Scotch brand owned by British convenience store chain, Nisa.
The Scotch blend was named after the famous Glasgow merchant that owned Dallas Dhu distillery.
An export-only blend from the late-Victorian era that became ingrained in Glenmorangie plc’s DNA.
A 1960s and ‘70s blend created by RH Thomson & Co to celebrate the Scottish national bard.
Another successful colour-coded Scotch blend, if not quite as famous as Johnnie Walker or Dewar’s.
Luxury single malt produced for Indian drinks company Tilaknagar Industries by Benriach distillery.
A popular 20th century blend named after one of the great Glasgow whisky firms – Bulloch Lade.
Blended Scotch with one of the longest histories of any continuously-produced whisky.
Purchasers of this blended Scotch could have their name inscribed on the label gratis.
The flagship blend of John Haig & Co. was the first spirit to smash the million case barrier.
A 20th century blend nurtured by Macdonald & Muir that was eventually withdrawn in 2014.
The blended Scotch whisky that kick-started the Douglas Laing firm, first created in 1886.
Leith blender James Munro & Son produced a series of blended scotch whiskies under the Munro’s name.
One of the blended Scotch whiskies established by the DCL in the late Victorian era.
Diageo’s deluxe blended Scotch majors its sales in Asian markets, particularly South Korea.
Blended Scotch that remains part of the diverse range of products made at Loch Lomond distillery.
Bottled in colourful ceramic decanters, this blended Scotch aims high when it comes to age.
Peated blended Scotch whisky from Gaelic-advocating blender and bottler Pràban na Linne.
Sherry cask-matured blended Scotch offered as part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
Another bygone blend that was created by the wine & spirit merchant W.H. Chaplin & Co.
One of the original big peaty blends, created by Laphroaig’s former owner, Ian Hunter.
Well-aged blended Scotch whisky forming part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
Blended Scotch whisky named after the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore!
Heavily-peated variant of Inchmurrin single malt, both produced at Loch Lomond distillery.
Despite its name, this Islay single malt from an unnamed distillery is more at home in Scandinavia.
Single malt whisky produced at Tobermory distillery, initially for a tax exemption scheme.
An experimental peated Speyside malt produced at Glen Keith distillery on Speyside in the 1970s.
This trio of single malts – Dufftown, Glen Ord and Glendullan – has given Diageo a top five brand.
A hotel and catering conglomerate which became one of the world’s top wine and spirit producers.
Bristol-based wine and spirits group that grew to become the second-largest in the world.
A historic name in the world of Scotch whisky, now owned by Ian MacLeod Distillers.
Family-owned drinks business, best known for the world’s leading single malt whisky, Glenfiddich.
A world-renowned whisky bar in Singapore with a selection of whiskies bottled under its name.
Whisky blending company most famous for creating the world’s smallest bottle of whisky.
American bottler specialising in Scotch and world whiskies under the Single Cask Nation label.
Perthshire-based independent bottler and owner of Edradour distillery.
A humble London wine and spirit merchant that created one of the world’s best selling blends.
Producer of a range of blended malts and single cask Scotch whisky expressions.
One of the world’s great Port wine houses also blended and bottled Scotch whiskies.
Independent bottler of world rums, and one-time retailer of own-label Scotch whiskies.
Dutch producer and distributor of wine and spirits, and owner of the UK’s Mossburn Distillers.
Blending company formed by two First Wold War veterans, best known for its Red Hackle blend.
A famous name in the world of Scotch whisky and wine, and one which has survived to the present day.
British brewer, hotelier and restaurateur that at one time owned five Scotch whisky distilleries.
Leith-based whisky blender most famous for its Vat 69 blend.
The successful Scotch whisky arm of the doomed Canadian distilling giant of the same name.
Blending and brewing company formed by the merger of Allied Breweries and J. Lyons & Co.
A whisky blending and bottling company famous for its Clan Campbell blended whiskies.
The group formed by the merger of Glenlivet, Glen Grant, BenRiach, Caperdnoich and Longmorn.
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.
Owner of two distilleries in in the Argyllshire port of Campbeltown.
Scotch whisky giant that assumed virtual control of the Scotch whisky industry.
Once owner of Lagavulin distillery and creator of the globally successful White Horse blend.
An independent distiller and blender that once operated Caol Ila and Tamdhu distilleries.
Distilling dynasty best known for its early adoption of the patent still at Cameronbridge.
A Scotch whisky distilling and blending company famous for its Teacher’s Highland Cream blend.
Former owner of Edradour distillery and a range of blended Scotch whiskies.
Glasgow whisky broker that grew into a distilling and blending heavyweight.
A quiet subsidiary of Edrington, but once a powerful 19th century whisky blender and distiller.
Distiller and blender that was integral to the formation of Diageo as we know it today.
Subsidiary of Picard Vins & Spiritueux, which bottles blends and malts.
Glasgow-based owner of The Ileach, Black Cuillin and Pibroch single malts.
A family company that owned and operated a single distillery, Dalmore, for nearly a century.
London’s Fortnum & Mason has supplied food, drinks and more to its customers for over 300 years.
One of Scotland’s oldest and most respected independent bottlers, and a distiller since 1998.
High-end Campbeltown deli-turned-independent bottler that became a Cadenhead outlet.
Leith-based Scotch whisky blender most famous for its Dandie Dinmont brand.
London-based independent bottler that produces the Port Askaig and Elements of Islay brands.
Dublin-based wine and spirit merchant founded by Alexander Findlater.
Two of Scotland’s most renowned whisky families merged to form an alliance during the 1950s.
The holding company created to build and operate Isle of Harris distillery.
Holding company established by the Wemyss family to purchase Kingsbarns distillery in Fife.
The story of Glenglassaugh distillery’s operator is a true phoenix-from-the-flames tale.
The operator of Edradour malt distillery, which also produces the Ballechin peated malt.
Once operator of Littlemill distillery in Dunbartonshire, now owned by Loch Lomond Group.
Holding company overseeing the construction and operation of the Clydeside distillery in Glasgow.
Munich-based spirits retailer with its own line of own label Scotch whiskies.
A defunct whisky blender based in Leith, which once held the licence for Teaninich distillery.
Perth-based blender and producer of Reliance blended Scotch whisky.
Blender and bottler behind MacNair's blended Scotch whisky, now owned by Pernod Ricard.
Hull-based wine and spirits merchant known for selling its own brand of Scotch whiskies.
This Germany-based independent whisky retailer is the creator of the annual Whisky Calendar.
Edinburgh whisky specialist offering ‘try before you buy’ service, with on-site bar and bistro.
A specialist whisky retailer based on the German, tax-exempt archipelago of Heligoland.
Edinburgh-based company behind the first Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay.
Nineteenth-century British department store with a series of Scotch bottlings.
The global cash and carry franchise sells its own whisky under the Glengannon label.
Global asset manager with Scotch whisky connections and own-label bottlings to its name.
Producer of the Islay Storm single malt, owned by the Highlands & Islands Scotch Whisky Co.
One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains owns Mc Intyre blended Scotch whisky.
The trading name for London & Scottish International Ltd, an independent company owned by the ...
The global supermarket chain has been selling Scotch under its own label for more than a decade.
Cunard Lines is a 175-year-old luxury cruise line headquartered in Southampton, UK.
The historic Dutch chain of wine and spirits retailers sells whiskies under its own label.
German tobacconist selling a range of single malt Scotch whiskies bottled under its own label.
Bar, grill, bottle shop and independent bottler of single malt whiskies in Milan, Italy.
Netherlands-based online retailer that also produces special whisky festival bottlings.
The luxury goods manufacturer and retailer had its own blend created during the 1970s.
A US-based retail warehouse club selling Scotch whisky under the Kirkland Signature brand.
Independent bottlings by The Drinks Guild from Hampshire, England.
Private members’ club and independent bottler of whiskies and spirits.
A London-based independent bottler that also operates a retail shop and bar in Singapore.
Britain’s largest wine merchant also bottles whiskies under the Old Harry and First Cask labels.
Modest sized blender and bottler originally based out of Glasgow as part of Train & McIntyre.
Small German indie bottler with only a handful of releases to its name.
German bottler and importer known in particular for indy releases of aged Ledaig and Ben Nevis.
Small Italian wine shop and deli that dabbled briefly in whisky bottling.
Belgian drinks company that offers very occasional indie bottlings through its whisky shop.
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.
Family-run German spirits importer that regularly bottles its own Scotch whiskies.
Family-owned American wine and spirits merchant based in San Francisco.
California-based wine merchant and auctioneer that bottles single malts under the Faultline label.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
Small, family-owned Scottish company specialising in independent and novelty whisky bottlings.
UK chain of shops allowing customers to bottle their own spirits and condiments by hand.