Loch Lomond
Produces a range of single malts.
Lochside's imposing white tower was once unmissable, but is now missed from the Montrose skyline.
The smallest legal stills in Scotland live in an area famed for its illicit ‘whisky’.
A charming distillery and visitors’ centre built within an 18th century farmstead.
Dundee’s only known legal distillery survived for only a decade in the early 19th century.
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.
A now silent Lowland grain distillery that was once also home to the Strathmore malt plant.
A Lowland grain distillery now transformed into Diageo’s cooperage hub in Alloa.
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.
Sympathetic malt distillery built in homage to the adjacent historical Fife abbey.
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.
A lost 19th century distillery opened beside the Eden estuary at Guardbridge, Fife.
As the name suggests, a blend of smoky Island and Highland single malts from Compass Box.
Part of Chivas Brothers' portfolio, Aberlour is best known for its cult expression, A'Bunadh.
Delicate, fruity Speysider recently relaunched as a single malt whisky.
Orkney's Scapa is the only distillery to use a Lomond still to create whisky.
Teaninich is almost unique in its absence of a mash tun, but is one of Diageo’s giant workhorses.
This Lowland malt with its gentle, fruity palate, commands a dedicated following.
Diageo's Islay distillery produces a smoky, coastal malt, and was once home to the famed Malt Mill.
Also known as Brechin, North Port was a family-owned distillery bought out and closed by DCL.
One of the oldest distilleries in Speyside and one that still uses direct fire to heat its stills.
Single malt distillery owned by Diageo, located on the banks of the Strathspey.
Long-gone malt distillery situated inside Glasgow’s Strathclyde grain plant.
Lost 18th century malt distillery that was also known as Linlithgow.
This Inverness malt distillery was a forerunner of innovation though sadly demolished in 1983.
Balvenie is one of the few distilleries to still operate a floor maltings.
Once Scotland’s most easterly distillery that fell victim to the 1980s whisky loch.
It wasn't until its demise that Port Ellen’s whisky grew to become some of the most iconic.
A producer of malt for blending, Royal Brackla became the first Scotch to obtain a Royal Warrant.
Lowlands malt distillery that exclusively triple distils its spirit.
Short-lived malt distillery incorporated into Airdrie’s Moffat complex beside Glen Flagler.
Nineteenth century Highland malt distillery once operated by Canadian whisky baron Joseph Hobbs.
This shy Speyside distillery was more famous for its experimental work than its single malt.
Strathisla is the oldest licensed, and very well prettiest, distillery in Scotland.
Late 19th century distillery designed by Charles Doig, now owned by John Dewar & Sons.
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.
Although silent for decades, Parkmore is still standing and in remarkably good condition.
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay will produce a distinctly island spirit.
A standard Scotch blend in Africa and part of William Sanderson & Son’s Vat 69 stable.
The biggest, and most iconic, blended Scotch whisky is recognisable the world over.
Malts from five distilleries are vatted together to form this fruity number from Murray McDavid.
First produced in the 1970s, this blended Scotch is now a dormant brand owned by JG Distillers.
A standard blend from the 1930s and now the most popular ‘premium whisky’ in France.
This blended Scotch whisky was created in honour of the ruined Mull castle and seat of Clan Maclean.
Quaintly named distillery in Bo’ness, West Lothian, that operated briefly in the late 18th century.
Some grain whisky from the lost North of Scotland distillery was bottled under the name ‘Alloa’.
Single grain Scotch whisky endorsed by David Beckham, with its roots in 17th century Scotland.
Range of single malt and blended Scotch whiskies produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery.
One of the world’s best-selling Scotch whiskies, with a strong following in France.
The Teacher’s blend is notable for its high malt content and use of peaty malt whisky.
Brand created to mark the birthday milestones of William Grant’s granddaughter, Janet Sheed Roberts.
Early Glasgow distillery, also known as Hutchesontown, which sat on the River Clyde.
Blended Scotch that remains part of the diverse range of products made at Loch Lomond distillery.
One of two blended malts introduced by Lombard Brands to reflect a region’s characteristics.
Blended malt whisky produced to mimic the style produced by one of Fife’s lost distilleries.
The last remaining whisky in Lombard Brands’ dinner-oriented Illustration Malts series.
Well-aged blended Scotch whisky forming part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
Sherry cask-matured blended Scotch offered as part of Murray McDavid’s Crafted Blend series.
This blended malt was produced by the Glenfyne Distillery Co for a short time in the 1930s.
While its name references a long-forgotten ailment, Monkey Shoulder is a thoroughly modern whisky.
Spice-led blended malt from Compass Box, which gets its flavour from three Highland whiskies.
Blended malt from Murray McDavid that combines whiskies from the five Scottish whisky regions.
Speyside blended malt featuring whiskies sourced from Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes.
This blended malt is designed to mimic the character of Perthshire’s lost Auchnagie distillery.
This series of three independently bottled blended malts raised thousands for charity.
Blended malt born by mistake at Glenmorangie’s blending plant after some clever lateral thinking.
Lombard Brands’ third installment in its Illustration Malts series of blended malts.
Blended malt created to closely mirror the style of one of Speyside’s lost distilleries.
Also called Benachie in the US, this blended malt pays tribute to a lost Aberdeenshire distillery.
This farm distillery was northwest of Kirriemuir, the birthplace of Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie.
The lost Islay distillery of Ballygrant was but a fleeting part of the island’s history.
A short-lived Logierait venture that likely began life as an illegal distillery.
Also spelled Holme, this was one of several lost early distilleries in the Kirkintilloch area.
Laphroaig’s short-lived (and despised) neighbour which was also known as Ardenistle and Kidalton.
Glasgow’s first standalone malt distillery for over 100 years has its own ‘metropolitan’ style.
Sustainable distillery situated on the most westerly point of the British mainland.
Annandale produces two types of single malt whisky, neither of which will be ready until 2018.
Balloch distillery stood in or near its namesake castle by the southern tip of Loch Lomond.
Ballintomb was a Morayshire distillery that lasted 42 years, a remarkable feat in the 19th century.
Hailed as Scotland’s first single estate distillery, and the first within a castle’s grounds.
One of Stirlingshire’s many lost distilleries, which operated at the end of the 18th century.
A Sutherland distillery in its namesake town that ran from 1825-40 under three licensees.
A major distillery in Aberdeen with a long and interesting history. Also known as North of Scotland.
Campbeltown’s smallest distillery, Springside managed to survive an astonishing 99 years.
A long-surviving urban distillery in Dunfermline, once considered one of Scotland’s premier cities.
A rural distillery that survived nine years from 1817 to 1826 under two distillers in the ...
A lost Lowland distillery near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire that survived 15 years from 1825 to 1840.
A demolished distillery situated in its namesake village, in Stirlingshire, now East Dunbartonshire.
A rural distillery at Beauly, in Inverness-shire, that stood beside the river of the same name.
A lost distillery that operated somewhere on Aberdeen’s northern edge in the late 18th century.
One of more than 20 lost distilleries in the Inverness area, Bught survived barely one year.
This Balkeerie site was one of many short-lived and now lost farm distilleries.
A very briefly extant distillery established near Caithness in the final years of the 18th century.
The new addition to Glasgow’s distilling revival is a blend of tradition and originality.
Also called House of Burns, a lost distillery at Monzievaird, near Crieff in Perthshire.
One of Aberdeenshire’s lost 19th century distilleries, also known as Inverary and Inverurie.
One of Falkirk’s lost distilleries which operated briefly at the end of the 18th century.
A short-lived rural distillery, located near the Perthshire-Stirlingshire border.
This early 19th century village distillery lasted a good 15 years – a notable feat for the time.
Lost Speyside distillery located near Huntly, which was also known as Pirries Mill or Peiries Mill.
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.
One of the few legal distilleries on the Isle of Lewis, which was also known as Ness.
An early 19th century distillery in Ross and Cromarty, the site of which is now said to be haunted.
Short-lived malt distillery situated within North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
One of countless short-lived distilleries in Inverness-shire, also known as Ardersier.
Also known as Damhead, this now lost distillery was active near Falkirk in the 1830s.
Malt distillery in the town of Dumbarton that briefly operated during the 19th century.
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.
A remote 18th century distillery in Sutherland that was opened and closed in 1798 under James Boag.
This lost Midlothian distillery was active for around five years at the start of the 19th century.
Rural Highland distillery that operated for just two years in the early 19th century.
A here-and-gone distillery at Culbokie in the Ferintosh area of the Black Isle, Easter Ross.
Airdrie, also known as Tobermore, was a successful and relatively long-surviving distillery.
A small Perthshire distillery that flowered and withered in the early 19th century.
All that’s left of the precursor to The Glenlivet is a small marker bearing its founder’s name.
A brewery-turned-distillery in the Finnieston area of Glasgow that survived from 1824 until ...
At one time one of the most northerly distilleries on the Scottish mainland.
This short-lived lost distillery was founded by knighted author Sir David Stewart of Garth.
The small town of Dunkeld housed a distillery that operated for just a few years in the 1800s.
One of the very few licensed distilleries in the Mearns, which operated briefly in the 18th century.
Islay’s ninth distillery and the first for independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co.
Micro-distillery built at Lagavulin with one of the most enigmatic tales in Scotch whisky history.
The lost distillery of Fort Augustus was also known as Glentarff in the 1850s.
A licence was granted for the distillery in 1818, but whether it made whisky is another question.
Remote west coast distillery producing a light, fruity and 100% organic single malt spirit.
The Imperial distillery made way for Chivas Brothers’ modern yet historically-sympathetic Dalmunach.
A short-lived lost distillery in Lanarkshire, which operated under two licensees.
An early farm-based distillery south of Stirling that was active in the 1790s.
A 19th century distillery that operated on what was then the outskirts of Aberdeen.
A farm distillery once located near Inchinnan in Renfrewshire in the 18th century.
Founded in Glasgow in 1882, Whyte & Mackay is one of Scotland’s most enduring blends.
Heavily-peated variant of Inchmurrin single malt, both produced at Loch Lomond distillery.
Fruity and grassy single malt whisky produced at Loch Lomond distillery in the Highlands.
A medium peated single malt produced at Loch Lomond distillery and part of its discontinued Loch ...
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’.
This historic blended Scotch has its roots in Moray, but has a loyal following in Columbia.
Scotch blend created for the Italian market by the Tanist Bonding Company of Glasgow.
A now dormant blended Scotch owned by Morrison Bowmore that has its roots in the 1930s.
Blended Scotch initially created as an exclusive dram for Freemasons, though now widely available.
Be it Dimple Haig or Dimple Pinch, this blend is still going over 120 years since its creation.
Scottish whisky, English company and an Indian name – this is a truly cosmopolitan brand.
The proprietary brand of what became Ainslie & Heilbron (Distillers) Ltd, an old DCL subsidiary.
A lost blend that recalls the area of Aberdeen where bottler Wm Cadenhead Ltd was first established.
One of the original big peaty blends, created by Laphroaig’s former owner, Ian Hunter.
Value blend produced by Loch Lomond Group that enjoys considerable success in the UK and overseas.
This 1970s blended Scotch featured some of the first whisky to be distilled at Deanston.
Popular blended Scotch and single malt whisky brand sold in over 40 countries around the world.
A historic brand known as ‘the Glengoyne blend’ for its high proportion of the distillery’s malt.
A late Victorian blend produced by the eponymous distiller Peter Dawson, now owned by Diageo.
Bottled in colourful ceramic decanters, this blended Scotch aims high when it comes to age.
Leith blender James Munro & Son produced a series of blended scotch whiskies under the Munro’s name.
Blended Scotch whisky brand created to commemorate the Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee.
A defunct William Whiteley & Co. blended Scotch designed for locomotive consumption.
A long established blend from an old Glasgow whisky firm, that is still popular in Asia.
Produced exclusively for French supermarket Intermarché, this blend is one of France’s favourites.
A 1960s and ‘70s blend created by RH Thomson & Co to celebrate the Scottish national bard.
Designed mostly for export, this blended Scotch enjoyed a short life in the late 20th century.
Another bygone blend that was created by the wine & spirit merchant W.H. Chaplin & Co.
A vanished Perthshire blend from the house of Arthur Bell & Sons, now owned by Diageo.
With its 3 Star and 5 Star versions, Crawford’s was once a very popular blend in 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.
A venerable old Glaswegian blend with a distinctive ‘thin red line’ down the label.
A 20th century blend nurtured by Macdonald & Muir that was eventually withdrawn in 2014.
Popular in export markets, this blend became a firm favourite of one of the world’s richest men.
The budget blended Scotch from supermarket chain Lidl holds its own against big-name brands.
Single malt whisky produced at Tobermory distillery, initially for a tax exemption scheme.
A single malt produced at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery, mainly reserved for blends.
A heavily peated single malt, distilled on the Isle of Islay at Bruichladdich distillery.
Heavily peated single malt Scotch produced at the multifaceted Loch Lomond distillery in Alexandria.
The much-hyped up 40-year-old single malt released by Aldi in 2011 for less than £50.
Finishing in a French oak prunelle liqueur cask gives this single malt a fruity edge.
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.
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 single malt whisky produced at the now demolished Littlemill distillery.
Heavily peated Lowland malt produced at the short-lived Killyloch distillery in Airdrie.
Old Pulteney single malt is distilled in the fishing port of Wick at the Pulteney distillery.
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
Skye’s second whisky distillery is configured to produce a typical island-style malt.
Producer of a range of blended malts and single cask Scotch whisky expressions.
Leith-based whisky blender most famous for its Vat 69 blend.
A prolific distiller and blender that eventually became part of The Edrington Group.
A whisky blending and bottling company famous for its Clan Campbell blended whiskies.
Defunct blending, bottling and distilling company that once operated Bladnoch and Bruichladdich.
A quiet subsidiary of Edrington, but once a powerful 19th century whisky blender and distiller.
Distiller and blender responsible for the Queen Anne and Something Special blends.
Glasgow-based blender, bottler and owner of Glen Scotia distillery in Campbeltown.
Distiller and blender that was integral to the formation of Diageo as we know it today.
Distilling dynasty best known for its early adoption of the patent still at Cameronbridge.
Scotch whisky giant that assumed virtual control of the Scotch whisky industry.
Former Glasgow-based blender and distiller, whose brand name is now owned by Ian Macleod Distillers.
A subsidiary of Robertson & Baxter Ltd. that operated the Glenfyne distillery in Ardrisaig, Argyll.
One of the ‘Big Five’ producers that grew from a one-man business into a global empire.
Canadian distiller Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts’ Scotch whisky operation.
The successful Scotch whisky arm of the doomed Canadian distilling giant of the same name.
A Scotch whisky distilling and blending company famous for its Teacher’s Highland Cream blend.
Owner of Tomatin distillery and producer of Antiquary, Talisman and Cù Bòcan whiskies.
Bristol-based wine and spirits group that grew to become the second-largest in the world.
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.
Former owner of the Clynelish (Brora) distillery in Sutherland.
Distilling and blending company whose whisky was on board the ill-fated S.S Politician.
Long-lost distiller and blender that operated out of Greenock, London and Dublin.
Hereford-based producer of Peat’s Beast, The Corriemhor and the Rest & Be Thankful range.
Killearn-based charitable trust that has had commemorative whiskies bottled in the past.
Fictitious former producer of Ben Roland and Laird’s Reserve blended Scotch whiskies.
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.
Company behind the build of Invergordon grain distillery, and operation of six malt distilleries.
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
The holding company of Laphroaig distillery, now owned by US-Japan entity, Beam Suntory.
Company established to oversee the build and operation of Ballindalloch distillery in Banffshire.
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.
Established in 1885 to build North British distillery in opposition to DCL’s grain whisky monopoly.
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.
One of the world’s great Port wine houses also blended and bottled Scotch whiskies.
Perth-based whisky blender best known for its Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky brand.
Producer of the Glen Carren blended malt, as well as other spirits such as rum and gin.
Perth-based blender and producer of Reliance blended Scotch whisky.
Defunct Glasgow-based wholesale tea, wine and spirit merchant, specialising in whisky blending.
Edinburgh-based company behind the first Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Raasay.
A humble London wine and spirit merchant that created one of the world’s best selling blends.
Wine and spirits merchant and owner of Grierson’s No.1 blended Scotch whisky.
Blender and bottler behind MacNair's blended Scotch whisky, now owned by Pernod Ricard.
Blender, bottler and UK spirits importer that produces the Angels’ Nectar blended malt.
Glasgow-based blender and bottler of Consulate and Highland Reserve Scotch whisky blends.
Wine merchant and whisky blender with offices in London and Glasgow.
Producer of the Old Montrose blend, now owned by Campbell Meyer & Co.
A defunct whisky blender based in Leith, which once held the licence for Teaninich distillery.
One-time owner of Bladnoch distillery that became a Glasgow-based blender and exporter.
Leith-based Scotch whisky blender most famous for its Dandie Dinmont brand.
Defunct brewing and leisure company, with single malt and blended Scotch whisky interests.
Victorian blender and whisky broker that produced the Clan Macleod and Glen Finnan blends.
Historic Perth-based blender, bottler and wholesale wine and spirits merchant.
Now dissolved whisky exporter and former owner of the Glen Rossie blended Scotch whisky brand.
Modest sized blender and bottler originally based out of Glasgow as part of Train & McIntyre.
Nineteenth-century British department store with a series of Scotch bottlings.
A specialist whisky retailer based on the German, tax-exempt archipelago of Heligoland.
International charge card organisation that occasionally bottled whiskies for its members.
German independent retailer specialising in rum and whisky, as well as whisky perfume.
Edinburgh whisky specialist offering ‘try before you buy’ service, with on-site bar and bistro.
An online retailer offering a curated range of Scotch whisky, specialising in single casks.
German whisky retailer specialising in Scotch whisky with a small number of own label bottlings.
The historic Dutch chain of wine and spirits retailers sells whiskies under its own label.
The London-based luxury department store has had several Scotch whiskies bottled under its name.
Nineteenth-century Yorkshire food retailer with its own selection of Scotch whiskies.
Cunard Lines is a 175-year-old luxury cruise line headquartered in Southampton, UK.
The luxury goods manufacturer and retailer had its own blend created during the 1970s.
Speyside hotel and bar, located in Craigellachie at the heart of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail.
Small Italian wine shop and deli that dabbled briefly in whisky bottling.
Subscribers to Whisky Magazine Japan’s members club were privy to exclusive bottlings.
German whisky shop which also does its own independent bottlings on occasion.
This Switzerland-based duty free retailer has been bottlings its own whiskies since 2013.
UK chain of shops allowing customers to bottle their own spirits and condiments by hand.
Small, family-owned Scottish company specialising in independent and novelty whisky bottlings.
A short-lived German independent bottler with only a handful of bottlings to its name.
This family-owned independent bottler specialises in cask strength whiskies.
Famous and influential Italian importer and bottler of Scotch whisky and rum.
Danish brewery and micro distillery which also has a range of independent bottlings to its name.
Pointers of London & Edinburgh primarily sold porcelain gifts and occasionally whisky decanters.
Online fan club run by the former owners of Bladnoch distillery, and bottler of single cask whisky.
Private members’ club and independent bottler of whiskies and spirits.
Stuttgart-based whisky retailer with its own small range of independent bottlings.
Small Scottish independent bottler with just three releases to its name so far.