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.
A malt, a blend and a grain make up this trio of whiskies from Sutcliffe & Son.
Guardbridge’s Eden Mill is Scotland’s first combined brewery and distillery.
A charming distillery and visitors’ centre built within an 18th century farmstead.
One of the world’s most recognisable blended Scotch whisky brands with roots in Victorian Scotland.
Lowland malt distillery situated beside the Garnheath grain plant within Airdrie’s Moffat complex.
A Lowland grain distillery now transformed into Diageo’s cooperage hub in Alloa.
Edinburgh-situated grain giant that was once the largest distillery in Scotland.
A now silent Lowland grain distillery that was once also home to the Strathmore malt plant.
One of the Lowland grain distilleries forming the naissance of DCL in the 19th century.
Grain distillery complex which also housed the Inverleven and Lomond malt distilleries.
Lowland grain distillery situated within the vast Moffat distilling complex.
An export-only Scotch brand that took its name from a long-closed distillery near Stirling.
Experimental Highlands distillery operating from an old fire station beside a castle.
Sympathetic malt distillery built in homage to the adjacent historical Fife abbey.
The biggest, and most iconic, blended Scotch whisky is recognisable the world over.
This enduring Scotch whisky is best known for its associations to explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Compass Box’s flagship blended grain whisky broke the mould upon its introduction in 2000.
One of the first blends released by Chivas Brothers, and a forerunner to Chivas Regal.
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
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.
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
BrewDog’s experimental whisky and spirits distillery is anything but conventional.
Single malt whisky produced at Tobermory distillery, initially for a tax exemption scheme.
Lost Lowland distillery that was victimised by the Steins and once run by the Haigs. Also an ...
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
Now discontinued, heavily peated single malt from the Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
Lost 18th century malt distillery that was also known as Linlithgow.
Orkney's Scapa is the only distillery to use a Lomond still to create whisky.
Diageo's Islay distillery produces a smoky, coastal malt, and was once home to the famed Malt Mill.
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
Also known as Brechin, North Port was a family-owned distillery bought out and closed by DCL.
This Inverness malt distillery was a forerunner of innovation though sadly demolished in 1983.
Once Scotland’s most easterly distillery that fell victim to the 1980s whisky loch.
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
Balvenie is one of the few distilleries to still operate a floor maltings.
An old-style whisky that echoes the substantial Victorian buildings in which it’s made.
An historic site given a new lease of life as a grassy, malty Lowland malt.
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
It wasn't until its demise that Port Ellen’s whisky grew to become some of the most iconic.
Short-lived malt distillery incorporated into Airdrie’s Moffat complex beside Glen Flagler.
Short-lived malt distillery built within the Invergordon grain complex.
This Lowland malt with its gentle, fruity palate, commands a dedicated following.
Strathisla is the oldest licensed, and very well prettiest, distillery in Scotland.
Lowlands malt distillery that exclusively triple distils its spirit.
Delicate, fruity Speysider recently relaunched as a single malt whisky.
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.
Long-gone malt distillery situated inside Glasgow’s Strathclyde grain plant.
Part of Chivas Brothers' portfolio, Aberlour is best known for its cult expression, A'Bunadh.
Blended grain whisky designed for club serves and named after the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine.
Flexible Lowlands distillery situated within the Girvan complex producing a range of malt styles.
A single malt produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery, mainly reserved for blends.
The much-hyped up 40-year-old single malt released by Aldi in 2011 for less than £50.
A medium peated single malt produced at Loch Lomond distillery and part of its discontinued Loch ...
Some grain whisky from the lost North of Scotland distillery was bottled under the name ‘Alloa’.
This blended Scotch whisky was created in honour of the ruined Mull castle and seat of Clan Maclean.
A standard blend from the 1930s and now the most popular ‘premium whisky’ in France.
Single grain Scotch whisky endorsed by David Beckham, with its roots in 17th century Scotland.
Brand created to mark the birthday milestones of William Grant’s granddaughter, Janet Sheed Roberts.
Discontinued blend established by the Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd in the 1970s.
First produced in the 1970s, this blended Scotch is now a dormant brand owned by JG Distillers.
One of the most famous names in the Port trade also produced some very respectable Scotch.
First produced in Victorian Inverness, this blended Scotch has established a following Stateside.
A short-lived distillery in Kilmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, that operated in the early 1830s.
Designed mostly for export, this blended Scotch enjoyed a short life in the late 20th century.
Heavily peated single malt Scotch produced at the multifaceted Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
Range of single malt and blended Scotch whiskies produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery.
Today this historic Scotch brand created by Macdonald & Muir covers both blends and single malts.
Bottled in colourful ceramic decanters, this blended Scotch aims high when it comes to age.
The Teacher’s blend is notable for its high malt content and use of peaty malt whisky.
One of the world’s best-selling Scotch whiskies, with a strong following in France.
The most successful blended Scotch created by one of Glasgow’s great brokers, Wm Lundie & Co.
A late 18th-century distillery, active for less than a year at an unknown location in Perthshire.
A heavily peated single malt, distilled on the Isle of Islay at Bruichladdich distillery.
One of the blended Scotch whiskies established by the DCL in the late Victorian era.
A late Victorian blend produced by the eponymous distiller Peter Dawson, now owned by Diageo.
An experimental peated Speyside malt produced at Glen Keith distillery on Speyside in the 1970s.
Remote west coast distillery producing a light, fruity and 100% organic single malt spirit.
An export-only blend from the late-Victorian era that became ingrained in Glenmorangie plc’s DNA.
Popular in export markets, this blend became a firm favourite of one of the world’s richest men.
A lost Renfrewshire distillery that operated near Lochwinnoch in the late 1700s.
Quaintly named distillery in Bo’ness, West Lothian, that operated briefly in the late 18th century.
This blended malt is designed to mimic the character of Perthshire’s lost Auchnagie distillery.
A lost distillery that operated somewhere on Aberdeen’s northern edge in the late 18th century.
William Whiteley named this blended malt after Edradour distillery’s original moniker.
Blended malt from Murray McDavid that combines whiskies from the five Scottish whisky regions.
A widely distributed Speyside-based blend created by blender and gin distiller W&A Gilbey.
Blended Scotch that remains part of the diverse range of products made at Loch Lomond distillery.
As the name suggests, a blend of smoky Island and Highland single malts from Compass Box.
Pebble Beach was a transient brand designed to reveal Speyside’s characteristics.
This blended malt whisky was produced by bottler Wm Cadenhead in the late 20th century.
Blended malt created exclusively for Safeway from the ashes of Guinness’ infamous DCL takeover.
Spice-led blended malt from Compass Box, which gets its flavour from three Highland whiskies.
Also called Benachie in the US, this blended malt pays tribute to a lost Aberdeenshire distillery.
Blended malt born by mistake at Glenmorangie’s blending plant after some clever lateral thinking.
A rarely bottled, experimental peated malt produced at the closed Lowlands Littlemill distillery.
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.
Blended malt created to closely mirror the style of one of Speyside’s lost distilleries.
Heavily-peated variant of Inchmurrin single malt, both produced at Loch Lomond distillery.
Although named after a lost Campbeltown distillery, Glen Nevis contained different whisky entirely.
One of the most precious blends for its link to Islay’s legendary Malt Mill distillery.
This series of three independently bottled blended malts raised thousands for charity.
An early farm-based distillery south of Stirling that was active in the 1790s.
A defunct William Whiteley & Co. blended Scotch designed for locomotive consumption.
With its 3 Star and 5 Star versions, Crawford’s was once a very popular blend in Scotland.
This historic blended Scotch has its roots in Moray, but has a loyal following in Columbia.
One of a swathe of lost Islay distilleries, Bridgend was briefly licensed in the early 19th century.
This early 19th century Muthill farm distillery’s buildings still exist today as a cattery.
St Andrews Whisky Company’s blended Scotch designed to ‘bridge the gap’ between malts and blends.
Speyside blended malt featuring whiskies sourced from Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes.
Another here-and-gone distillery in its namesake town that operated briefly in 1818-19.
One of Aberdeenshire’s lost 19th century distilleries, also known as Inverary and Inverurie.
Glasgow’s first standalone malt distillery for over 100 years has its own ‘metropolitan’ style.
Another here-and-gone Caithness distillery that operated from 1798-99 under James MacBeath.
A Kirckaldy-located 19th century distillery, whose buildings still survive today.
One of Stirlingshire’s many lost distilleries, which operated at the end of the 18th century.
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.
Hailed as Scotland’s first single estate distillery, and the first within a castle’s grounds.
Airdrie, also known as Tobermore, was a successful and relatively long-surviving distillery.
One of countless short-lived distilleries in Inverness-shire, also known as Ardersier.
A short-lived rural distillery, located near the Perthshire-Stirlingshire border.
An Aberdeenshire distillery that survived seven years of the 19th century, quite a feat at the time.
Badarrach was a distillery situated just south of the Kyle of Sutherland in Strath Oykel.
An early 19th century lost distillery located in its namesake village in Stirlingshire.
A lost distillery of the early 19th century, located somewhere in Stirlingshire, now Dunbartonshire.
Possibly the same distillery as Auchtergaven, Bankfoot distillery is an anomaly.
One of more than 20 lost distilleries in the Inverness area, Bught survived barely one year.
Could the mysterious lost distillery of Burnbrae have been a neighbour of Kennetpans and Kilbagie?
One of Edinburgh’s many lost distilleries, which operated for a short period in the 1790s.
A rural farm distillery open in Angus for just a year in the early 19th century.
A Dunbartonshire distillery open for only a brief time in the final years of the 18th century.
This short-lived lost distillery was founded by knighted author Sir David Stewart of Garth.
A lost Lowland distillery near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire that survived 15 years from 1825 to 1840.
Also spelled Gledfield, this was a fleeting distillery in Ross and Cromarty from 1798-99.
Another distillery with a short lifespan at Slamannan, near Falkirk, from 1825-26.
Heastigro is another quaintly-named and short-lived Caithness distillery, licensed to John Gun ...
A short-lived lost distillery situated in Banknock, close to Bankier distillery.
One of Midlothian’s short-lived farm distilleries that operated for three years in the 18th century.
One of the very few licensed distilleries in the Mearns, which operated briefly in the 18th century.
One of Falkirk’s lost distilleries which operated briefly at the end of the 18th century.
An isolated farm distillery in Ayrshire that was operational only briefly in 1795.
A lost Stirlingshire distillery. Not to be confused with the many blends that use the Bard’s name.
An early 19th century distillery that operated briefly in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
A far-flung distillery on the Isle of Tiree that distilled in the early 19th century.
This farm distillery was northwest of Kirriemuir, the birthplace of Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie.
A 19th century distillery that operated for a short time in Ayrshire town of the same name.
Rural Highland distillery that operated for just two years in the early 19th century.
A hard-to-pinpoint lost Speyside distillery, located somewhere in the Elgin area.
A distillery once located in Perthshire on Loch Tay’s south shore, possibly also called Lochtayside.
An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.
A Sutherland distillery in its namesake town that ran from 1825-40 under three licensees.
Also spelled Holme, this was one of several lost early distilleries in the Kirkintilloch area.
Lost Glasgow distillery that operated briefly at the start of the 19th century.
A 19th century distillery that was once located in its namesake village in Perthshire.
A Stirlingshire distillery with a long history. Also known as Glenmurray and St Thomas’s Well.
The new addition to Glasgow’s distilling revival is a blend of tradition and originality.
A lost distillery on the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll, recorded as operating in the 19th century.
One of many distilleries in and around Moulin and Pitlochry in the early to mid-19th century.
The lost distillery of Fort Augustus was also known as Glentarff in the 1850s.
Also known as Phingask, this lost Fraserburgh distillery was relatively successful.
A distillery at Dunbar, East Lothian, that distilled from 1798 until the mid-1830s.
Laphroaig’s short-lived (and despised) neighbour which was also known as Ardenistle and Kidalton.
One of many lost distilleries in the Stirling area, but one of the few operated by a woman.
A lost 19th century distillery located in the Milothian locality of the same name.
A family-run Perthshire operation that distilled whisky for a short time in the 1820s.
A farm distillery in the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. One of few legally sanctioned sites in the area.
A rural distillery near the harbour village of Portgordon – then Banffshire, now Moray.
A short-lived lost distillery in Lanarkshire, which operated under two licensees.
Also called House of Burns, a lost distillery at Monzievaird, near Crieff in Perthshire.
At one time one of the most northerly distilleries on the Scottish mainland.
An early 19th century Argyll distillery that became a world-class racing yacht workshop.
An urban distillery that once stood somewhere in Aberdeen in the 19th century.
One of the few legal distilleries on the Isle of Lewis, which was also known as Ness.
A lost rural 19th century Perthshire distillery, the precise location of which is ambiguous.
Achlatt is one of countless lost Perthshire distilleries, near Moulin, Pitlochry.
A short-lived distillery in the village of Rhu, on the east shore of Gareloch.
A small Perthshire distillery that flowered and withered in the early 19th century.
A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Caithness farm distillery that opened and shut in 1798.
The lost Islay distillery of Ballygrant was but a fleeting part of the island’s history.
A demolished distillery situated in its namesake village, in Stirlingshire, now East Dunbartonshire.
A short-lived Logierait venture that likely began life as an illegal distillery.
A vanished 19th century distillery, also known as Bank of Bishoptown and Kirkcudbright.
A rural distillery at Beauly, in Inverness-shire, that stood beside the river of the same name.
An isolated Perthshire farm distillery on the lower slopes of Farragon Hill and Creag A' Mhadaidh.
This Glasgow distillery ran for a brief spell near Bridgeton station in the early 19th century.
A distillery at Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, a near-neighbour of Bonnymuir distillery.
Distillery established in Lanarkshire in the early 19th century, also known as Wilsontown.
All that’s left of the precursor to The Glenlivet is a small marker bearing its founder’s name.
Dundee’s only known legal distillery survived for only a decade in the early 19th century.
One of the very earliest registered distilleries in Caithness, indeed the whole of Scotland.
A licence was granted for the distillery in 1818, but whether it made whisky is another question.
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 ...
An urban distillery in Aberdeen in the Gilcomston area with a near-90 year history.
Lost Speyside distillery located near Huntly, which was also known as Pirries Mill or Peiries Mill.
A farm distillery once located near Inchinnan in Renfrewshire in the 18th century.
Rathohall, also known as Ratho, was a Midlothian distillery established near Edinburgh in the 1820s.
A very briefly extant distillery established near Caithness in the final years of the 18th century.
The early 19th century farm distillery at Portmahomack was situated on the Seafield estate.
A 19th century distillery that operated on what was then the outskirts of Aberdeen.
Lost 18th century distillery in Morayshire whose unidentified distiller went bankrupt in 1795.
A long-lost farm distillery, once sited between Musselburgh and Tranent.
This lost Midlothian distillery was active for around five years at the start of the 19th century.
This 19th century distillery near Aberfeldy stood silent for much of its 42-year history.
One of 18 lost distilleries in the Falkirk area, Abbotshaugh had a brief existence.
Ballintomb was a Morayshire distillery that lasted 42 years, a remarkable feat in the 19th century.
Fleeting rural 19th century distillery that operated in the village of Blackburn near Aberdeen.
A long-surviving urban distillery in Dunfermline, once considered one of Scotland’s premier cities.
This early 19th century village distillery lasted a good 15 years – a notable feat for the time.
This Balkeerie site was one of many short-lived and now lost farm distilleries.
A here-and-gone distillery at Culbokie in the Ferintosh area of the Black Isle, Easter Ross.
A brewery-turned-distillery in the Finnieston area of Glasgow that survived from 1824 until ...
A little-known, and now lost, farm distillery in the remote Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire.
A distillery active for a short time in the 1820s, located at and named after Polmont.
An early 19th century distillery in Ross and Cromarty, the site of which is now said to be haunted.
An enigmatic distillery near Whithorn whose location and licence-holder remain a complete mystery.
A Caithness farm distillery run by James Henderson, who later founded Pulteney distillery in Wick.
Lost 19th century distillery that was once operational near Muthill, Perthshire.
Early Glasgow distillery, also known as Hutchesontown, which sat on the River Clyde.
The Imperial distillery made way for Chivas Brothers’ modern yet historically-sympathetic Dalmunach.
Balloch distillery stood in or near its namesake castle by the southern tip of Loch Lomond.
A lost Isle of Bute distillery that opened and closed several times in its 35-year history.
A major distillery in Aberdeen with a long and interesting history. Also known as North of Scotland.
An urban Lowland distillery in its namesake town that distilled intermittently between 1795-1826.
An urban distillery in Glasgow’s East End that was swallowed by the establishment of Alexandra Park.
A long-defunct distillery at Portsoy, on the Moray Firth. Also known as Burnside.
Campbeltown’s smallest distillery, Springside managed to survive an astonishing 99 years.
This Perthshire distillery was was open from 1817 to 1826 under three different licensees.
Harris’ first commercial distillery that operates with the local community at its heart.
Annandale produces two types of single malt whisky, neither of which will be ready until 2018.
The first example of a Lomond still was situated at the Lomond distillery in the Dumbarton complex.
Micro-distillery built at Lagavulin with one of the most enigmatic tales in Scotch whisky history.
Malt distillery in the town of Dumbarton that briefly operated during the 19th century.
A distillery at its namesake village in the Black Isle with a 35-year history, 22 of them silent.
Also known as Damhead, this now lost distillery was active near Falkirk in the 1830s.
A remote 18th century distillery in Sutherland that was opened and closed in 1798 under James Boag.
Fruity and grassy single malt whisky produced at Loch Lomond distillery in the Highlands.
A now discontinued light, fruity single malt from Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
This trio of single malts – Dufftown, Glen Ord and Glendullan – has given Diageo a top five brand.
The blended Scotch whisky that kick-started the Douglas Laing firm, first created in 1886.
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
A curiosity among blends that is still in production over 120 years since it was first created.
A short-lived but much sought after blend that contained a high proportion of malt from Bowmore.
A venerable old Glaswegian blend with a distinctive ‘thin red line’ down the label.
A remarkably enduring blend from Victorian Edinburgh containing some of the ‘finest malt whisky’.
An experimental peated single malt whisky produced at the now demolished Littlemill distillery.
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.
A 20th century blend nurtured by Macdonald & Muir that was eventually withdrawn in 2014.
A sister brand to Abbot’s Choice, Chequers was an occasional deluxe blend from John McEwan & Co.
Finishing in a French oak prunelle liqueur cask gives this single malt a fruity edge.
Victorian blend that became world-famous thanks to its friendly black and white terrier mascots.
This historic blended Scotch was first created by Skye blender Ian Macleod in the mid-1900s.
Diageo’s deluxe blended Scotch majors its sales in Asian markets, particularly South Korea.
A standard Scotch blend in Africa and part of William Sanderson & Son’s Vat 69 stable.
Founded in Glasgow in 1882, Whyte & Mackay is one of Scotland’s most enduring blends.
The ‘world’s lightest Scotch’ was a blended whisky with a large following in the US.
A lost blend that recalls the area of Aberdeen where bottler Wm Cadenhead Ltd was first established.
One of the lesser-known blends in the Haig portfolio that ran for a time in the 1970s.
The peated single malt produced at Speyside’s Tomintoul distillery, near Ballindalloch.
Purchasers of this blended Scotch could have their name inscribed on the label gratis.
A now dormant blended Scotch owned by Morrison Bowmore that has its roots in the 1930s.
Scotch blend created for the Italian market by the Tanist Bonding Company of Glasgow.
Standard Scotch blend created by the Tanist Bonding Company exclusively for sale in Italy.
A popular 20th century blend named after one of the great Glasgow whisky firms – Bulloch Lade.
Popular blended Scotch and single malt whisky brand sold in over 40 countries around the world.
Another successful colour-coded Scotch blend, if not quite as famous as Johnnie Walker or Dewar’s.
Blended Scotch whisky produced by the eponymous Glasgow merchant during the 1970s.
Blended Scotch whisky named after the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore!
One of the many blended Scotch whiskies produced by Kintocher Whisky Co. in the 1960s.
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.
Value blend produced by Loch Lomond Group that enjoys considerable success in the UK and overseas.
One of the lesser-known blends from Glaswegian distiller and blender John Hopkins & Co.
The ‘blended whisky of privilege’ produced by Glasgow blender and broker Wm Lundie & Co.
Blended whisky created in the early 20th century by Aberdeen bottler Wm Cadenhead.
This 1970s blended Scotch featured some of the first whisky to be distilled at Deanston.
This historic blend is linked to Ben Nevis and Tormore, and named after a notorious bootlegger.
Produced exclusively for French supermarket Intermarché, this blend is one of France’s favourites.
Blended Scotch with one of the longest histories of any continuously-produced whisky.
One of the original big peaty blends, created by Laphroaig’s former owner, Ian Hunter.
A long established blend from an old Glasgow whisky firm, that is still popular in Asia.
A once popular blend named after the monarch who introduced distilling licences in 1823.
Once the ‘world’s most expensive whisky’, this 1920s blend was created by the owner of Edradour.
A historic brand known as ‘the Glengoyne blend’ for its high proportion of the distillery’s malt.
An ancient blend from the same stable as Grand Old Parr, whose fans may have included Al Capone.
The world’s first luxury blended whisky owned by Chivas Brothers is a lesson in survival.
Despite its name, this Islay single malt from an unnamed distillery is more at home in Scandinavia.
Old Pulteney single malt is distilled in the fishing port of Wick at the Pulteney distillery.
Heavily peated Lowland malt produced at the short-lived Killyloch distillery in Airdrie.
A vanished Perthshire blend from the house of Arthur Bell & Sons, now owned by Diageo.
A relatively recent and short-lived deluxe blend from Chivas Brothers developed for travel retail.
The flagship blend of John Haig & Co. was the first spirit to smash the million case barrier.
One for the huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ brigade that did not last the course.
This malt whisky is rare indeed, and comes from a defunct whisky broker in London.
Dundee-based independent bottler with a handful of releases to its name.
Perthshire-based independent bottler and owner of Edradour distillery.
Independent bottling company and Islay whisky distiller based in Glasgow.
Producer of a range of blended malts and single cask Scotch whisky expressions.
Independent distilling operation, with two distilleries, located on the Isle of Arran.
Family-owned drinks business, best known for the world’s leading single malt whisky, Glenfiddich.
Shetland-based operator of Saxa Vord, the most northerly distillery in the UK.
A quiet subsidiary of Edrington, but once a powerful 19th century whisky blender and distiller.
Owner of two distilleries in in the Argyllshire port of Campbeltown.
A subsidiary of J&A Mitchell, which operates Glengyle distillery and produces Kilkerran single malt.
Spanish whisky producer that once owned Lochside distillery in Montrose.
Operator of the Borders’ first legal whisky distillery in 180 years.
British brewer, hotelier and restaurateur that at one time owned five Scotch whisky distilleries.
A holding company set up by Guinness PLC after its takeover of the Distillers Company Ltd.
The Scotch malt whisky arm of luxury goods group Louis Vuitton-Moët Hennessy (LVMH).
Canadian distiller Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts’ Scotch whisky operation.
Blending and brewing company formed by the merger of Allied Breweries and J. Lyons & Co.
One of the ‘Big Five’ producers that grew from a one-man business into a global empire.
Former owner of the Clynelish (Brora) distillery in Sutherland.
Bristol-based wine and spirits group that grew to become the second-largest in the world.
Alexandria-based distiller and blender which operates the Glen Scotia and Loch Lomond distilleries.
A historic name in the world of Scotch whisky, now owned by Ian MacLeod Distillers.
Subsidiary of Picard Vins & Spiritueux, which bottles blends and malts.
One of Scotland’s oldest and most respected independent bottlers, and a distiller since 1998.
London’s Fortnum & Mason has supplied food, drinks and more to its customers for over 300 years.
Small Scottish independent bottler with just three releases to its name so far.
Legendary wine merchant that bottled whiskies for a short period in the 1970s and 80s.
London-based independent bottler that produces the Port Askaig and Elements of Islay brands.
Dublin-based wine and spirit merchant founded by Alexander Findlater.
The owner of Annandale distillery in Annan carefully restored the historic site to its former glory.
Established in 1885 to build North British distillery in opposition to DCL’s grain whisky monopoly.
Holding company established by the Wemyss family to purchase Kingsbarns distillery in Fife.
The Morrison family-owned operator of Aberargie distillery near Perth.
The operator of Edradour malt distillery, which also produces the Ballechin peated malt.
The story of Glenglassaugh distillery’s operator is a true phoenix-from-the-flames tale.
The holding company of Laphroaig distillery, now owned by US-Japan entity, Beam Suntory.
Two of Scotland’s most renowned whisky families merged to form an alliance during the 1950s.
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.
Subsidiary of Angus Dundee Distillers which operates Glencadam distillery at Brechin.
Modern holding company responsible for the operation of Islay’s Bunnahabhain distillery.
German bottler and importer known in particular for indy releases of aged Ledaig and Ben Nevis.
Small German indie bottler with only a handful of releases to its name.
Independent whisky retailer in Zurich, which occasionally offers its own label Scotch.
Dormant brewing company with Scotch whisky blending and bottling interests.
Whisky blender associated with Angus Dundee Distillers, and based at Tomintoul distillery.
The Speyside-based sporting retailer has had a couple of whiskies bottled under its own label.
Edinburgh-based independent bottler and producer of the whisky cask-rested Firkin Gin.
Indie bottler of luxury whisky expressions aimed exclusively at collectors and investors.
Danish whisky events organiser with its own range of limited edition Scotch whiskies.
Retailer and importer of Scotch whisky based on the island of Malmö in Central Sweden.
Fife-based blender and proprietor of the Davaar brand of Scotch whisky.
Wine merchant and whisky blender with offices in London and Glasgow.
The luxury goods manufacturer and retailer had its own blend created during the 1970s.
Kilmarnock-based whisky blender focused on recreating malts from long lost distilleries.
Hull-based wine and spirits merchant known for selling its own brand of Scotch whiskies.
Edinburgh-based company behind the first Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay.
Wine and spirits merchant and owner of Grierson’s No.1 blended Scotch whisky.
Scotch whisky specialist in Frankfurt, Germany known for its ‘whisky seasons calendars’.
One of the world’s great Port wine houses also blended and bottled Scotch whiskies.
An independent whisky blender most famous for the Grand Macnish, Lauder’s, and Islay Mist blends.
A humble London wine and spirit merchant that created one of the world’s best selling blends.
Germany and Austria-based blender and bottler that owns the Glenkenny and Dean’s Scotch whiskies.
One-time owner of Bladnoch distillery that became a Glasgow-based blender and exporter.
Perth-based blender and producer of Reliance blended Scotch whisky.
Victorian blender and whisky broker that produced the Clan Macleod and Glen Finnan blends.
Bar, grill, bottle shop and independent bottler of single malt whiskies in Milan, Italy.
Whisky club based in Belgium, organising tasting events and offering club bottlings.
International charge card organisation that occasionally bottled whiskies for its members.
German independent whisky bottler dedicated to simple packaging and fair pricing.
German tobacconist selling a range of single malt Scotch whiskies bottled under its own label.
Subscribers to Whisky Magazine Japan’s members club were privy to exclusive bottlings.
James Devereaux was a wholesaler of alcoholic beverages based in London, UK.
An Illinois-based importer of wine and spirits that bottled its own range of Scotch whiskies.
The historic Dutch chain of wine and spirits retailers sells whiskies under its own label.
Swiss whisky retailer selling an extensive range of spirits, including own-label Scotch.
Independent bottlings by The Drinks Guild from Hampshire, England.
Danish wine and spirits store stocking a small selection of own-label Scotch whisky.
Lost chain of London wine shops formerly owned by Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin.
Independent bottler of world rums, and one-time retailer of own-label Scotch whiskies.
One of Europe’s largest budget grocery retailers, with its own line of Scotch whiskies.
One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains owns Mc Intyre blended Scotch whisky.
Once the UK’s third-largest supermarket chain, which owned the Glen Nevis and Auld Acrimony brands.
Swiss wine and spirits importer and retailer located near Aargau.
Independent bottling company based in California that’s run by Scotsman Steve Lipp.
Small, family-owned Scottish company specialising in independent and novelty whisky bottlings.
This Switzerland-based duty free retailer has been bottlings its own whiskies since 2013.
Glasgow-based indie bottler from the mid-1990s, long defunct and now quite obscure.
Famous and influential Italian importer and bottler of Scotch whisky and rum.
Family-owned American wine and spirits merchant based in San Francisco.
One of Sweden’s new start-up distilleries making a strong name for itself around the globe.
Danish whisky retailer owned by Brian Toft, which also offers its own independent bottlings.
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.
An independent, Essex-based wine and spirit wholesaler dissolved in 2010.
A short-lived German independent bottler with only a handful of bottlings to its name.
Indie bottling enterprise founded by the brothers Scott and Andrew Laing.
Italian bottler with strong historical connections to recent whisky history in Italy.
German whisky shop which also does its own independent bottlings on occasion.
Glenkeir Whiskies operates UK retailer The Whisky Shop, which bottles its own range of whiskies.
Borders-based independent bottler owned and managed by industry veteran David Stirk.
An independent bottling range founded by Gordon Wright after leaving Bruichladdich in 2005.
Stuttgart-based whisky retailer with its own small range of independent bottlings.
Whisky and wine specialist based in the Netherlands, which occasionally offers its own bottlings.
Danish brewery and micro distillery which also has a range of independent bottlings to its name.
Independent bottler with a focus on well-matured single cask single malts.
English independent bottler and retail shop owned by Thomas Ewers of Malts Of Scotland.
Small German whisky shop specialising in rare bottles and some in-house independent bottlings.
Long-standing Bologna whisky bar and shop with a short history of independent bottlings.
Britain’s largest wine merchant also bottles whiskies under the Old Harry and First Cask labels.
One of London’s oldest wine merchants with an opaque history and some legendary bottlings.
Pointers of London & Edinburgh primarily sold porcelain gifts and occasionally whisky decanters.
Independent Scottish bottler and merchant based in Inverkeithing, Fife.
A multifarious whisky shop, museum, café and independent bottler based in Rendsburg, Germany.
Modest sized blender and bottler originally based out of Glasgow as part of Train & McIntyre.
A whisky and tobacco merchant founded in Glasgow in 1874, now with stores across the UK.
Private members’ club and independent bottler of whiskies and spirits.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
A subsidiary of Campbell & Clark that bottled a small number of single malts.
Subsidiary of The Glenmorangie Company Ltd that once bottled the notorious 80:20 blend.
Though to be Sweden’s first independent bottler of single cask single malts.
Whisky wholesaler and independent bottler co-founded by Arran distillery’s Harold Currie.