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.
The smallest legal stills in Scotland live in an area famed for its illicit ‘whisky’.
A now silent Lowland grain distillery that was once also home to the Strathmore malt plant.
Lowland grain distillery situated within the vast Moffat distilling complex.
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
Blended grain whisky designed for club serves and named after the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine.
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.
Strathisla is the oldest licensed, and very well prettiest, distillery in Scotland.
This Inverness malt distillery was a forerunner of innovation though sadly demolished in 1983.
An historic site given a new lease of life as a grassy, malty Lowland 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.
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
Purchasers of this blended Scotch could have their name inscribed on the label gratis.
A rural distillery that survived nine years from 1817 to 1826 under two distillers in the ...
An isolated Perthshire farm distillery on the lower slopes of Farragon Hill and Creag A' Mhadaidh.
Sustainable distillery situated on the most westerly point of the British mainland.
A short-lived lost distillery situated in Banknock, close to Bankier distillery.
Achlatt is one of countless lost Perthshire distilleries, near Moulin, Pitlochry.
A lost 19th century distillery located in the Milothian locality of the same name.
An early Caithness distillery near Halkirk that at one point encompassed two sites.
A rural distillery near the harbour village of Portgordon – then Banffshire, now Moray.
Ballintomb was a Morayshire distillery that lasted 42 years, a remarkable feat in the 19th century.
A lost distillery on the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll, recorded as operating in the 19th century.
A late 18th-century distillery, active for less than a year at an unknown location in Perthshire.
A farm distillery in the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. One of few legally sanctioned sites in the area.
A rural farm distillery open in Angus for just a year in the early 19th century.
Distillery established in Lanarkshire in the early 19th century, also known as Wilsontown.
A licence was granted for the distillery in 1818, but whether it made whisky is another question.
An isolated farm distillery in Ayrshire that was operational only briefly in 1795.
A 19th century distillery that was once located in its namesake village in Perthshire.
One of the very earliest registered distilleries in Caithness, indeed the whole of Scotland.
This early 19th century village distillery lasted a good 15 years – a notable feat for the time.
A little-known, and now lost, farm distillery in the remote Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire.
Also spelled Holme, this was one of several lost early distilleries in the Kirkintilloch area.
An early 19th century distillery in Ross and Cromarty, the site of which is now said to be haunted.
Rathohall, also known as Ratho, was a Midlothian distillery established near Edinburgh in the 1820s.
A far-flung distillery on the Isle of Tiree that distilled in the early 19th century.
A Sutherland distillery in its namesake town that ran from 1825-40 under three licensees.
A lost Renfrewshire distillery that operated near Lochwinnoch in the late 1700s.
Possibly the same distillery as Auchtergaven, Bankfoot distillery is an anomaly.
A lost Stirlingshire distillery. Not to be confused with the many blends that use the Bard’s name.
A lost rural 19th century Perthshire distillery, the precise location of which is ambiguous.
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.
This short-lived lost distillery was founded by knighted author Sir David Stewart of Garth.
A small Perthshire distillery that flowered and withered in the early 19th century.
This early 19th century Muthill farm distillery’s buildings still exist today as a cattery.
One of Aberdeenshire’s lost 19th century distilleries, also known as Inverary and Inverurie.
Campbeltown’s smallest distillery, Springside managed to survive an astonishing 99 years.
Harris’ first commercial distillery that operates with the local community at its heart.
Remote west coast distillery producing a light, fruity and 100% organic single malt spirit.
Scotland’s first community-owned distillery is also 100% powered by renewable energy.
Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.
Annandale produces two types of single malt whisky, neither of which will be ready until 2018.
One of 18 lost distilleries in the Falkirk area, Abbotshaugh had a brief existence.
A long-lost farm distillery, once sited between Musselburgh and Tranent.
Peated blended Scotch whisky from Gaelic-advocating blender and bottler Pràban na Linne.
Value blend produced by Loch Lomond Group that enjoys considerable success in the UK and overseas.
A curiosity among blends that is still in production over 120 years since it was first created.
Leith blender James Munro & Son produced a series of blended scotch whiskies under the Munro’s name.
This historic blended Scotch has its roots in Moray, but has a loyal following in Columbia.
The flagship blend of John Haig & Co. was the first spirit to smash the million case barrier.
The blended Scotch whisky that kick-started the Douglas Laing firm, first created in 1886.
The world’s first luxury blended whisky owned by Chivas Brothers is a lesson in survival.
A sister brand to Abbot’s Choice, Chequers was an occasional deluxe blend from John McEwan & Co.
A remarkably enduring blend from Victorian Edinburgh containing some of the ‘finest malt whisky’.
Blended Scotch whisky named after the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore!
The much-hyped up 40-year-old single malt released by Aldi in 2011 for less than £50.
Independent bottling company and Islay whisky distiller based in Glasgow.
Once owner of Lagavulin distillery and creator of the globally successful White Horse blend.
A prolific distiller and blender that eventually became part of The Edrington Group.
Scotch whisky giant that assumed virtual control of the Scotch whisky industry.
Family-owned drinks business, best known for the world’s leading single malt whisky, Glenfiddich.
Former owner of Edradour distillery and a range of blended Scotch whiskies.
US-based liquor giant that held significant Scotch interests during the 20th century.
Long-lost distiller and blender that operated out of Greenock, London and Dublin.
High-end Campbeltown deli-turned-independent bottler that became a Cadenhead outlet.
Company founded to oversee the build and operation of Ncn’ean distillery in Oban.
Edinburgh-based company with two Speyside distilleries and one Highland distillery in its portfolio.
Pointers of London & Edinburgh primarily sold porcelain gifts and occasionally whisky decanters.
A now defunct company specialising in creating Scotch whisky for export, especially to Italy.
Edinburgh-based company behind the first Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay.
The brand owner, producer and distributor of a range of Scotch whiskies and gins.
Historic Perth-based blender, bottler and wholesale wine and spirits merchant.
A famous name in the world of Scotch whisky and wine, and one which has survived to the present day.
Fife-based blender and proprietor of the Davaar brand of Scotch whisky.
Now dissolved whisky exporter and former owner of the Glen Rossie blended Scotch whisky brand.
German whisky retailer specialising in Scotch whisky with a small number of own label bottlings.
Speyside hotel and bar, located in Craigellachie at the heart of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail.
The global supermarket chain has been selling Scotch under its own label for more than a decade.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
Danish whisky retailer owned by Brian Toft, which also offers its own independent bottlings.
Borders-based independent bottler owned and managed by industry veteran David Stirk.
John Milroy’s company under which the Frisky Whisky range was bottled.
This family-owned independent bottler specialises in cask strength whiskies.
Small, family-owned Scottish company specialising in independent and novelty whisky bottlings.
German independent whisky bottler dedicated to simple packaging and fair pricing.
A multifarious whisky shop, museum, café and independent bottler based in Rendsburg, Germany.
Prominent 1980s Italian indie bottler that helped establish a trend for cask strength whiskies.