Glasgow’s distilleries, until the opening of its new single malt plant, were kept largely out of the public eye, which was challenging given that one of them, Port Dundas, was a large, conspicuous building atop a hill. However, its other – and now only – grain distillery has remained more discreet. Strathclyde distillery is located […]
La Martiniquaise created Starlaw distillery to produce a light, easy-drinking whisky that aligns with the style of its Label 5 blend and can easily be traded for malt whisky from other distilleries. The distillery is also capable of producing neutral grain spirit. The column stills were designed without high supporting steelwork, which required significant structural […]
The North British distillery, established in Edinburgh in 1885, was created in response to the monopoly on grain whisky held by DCL (formerly known as Cameronbridge). Andrew Usher, William Sanderson, John Crabbie, and James Watson united to build a new and significant grain distillery in Gorgie, near the Union Canal, the railway line, and the […]
Lindores Abbey distillery has been designed as a tribute to the 800-year-old Tironensian Abbey, blending aesthetically with the historic site using local materials like wood from Denmylne and stone from Clatchard Quarry. The distillery features one wash still and two spirit stills, producing a lightly peated Lowland malt (located near the Highland border) from barley […]
Leven is a unique distillery, serving as Diageo’s experimental facility within its Leven bottling plant. It is designed to create any type of spirit Diageo requires. The distillery is equipped with two mills (a 4-roll and a hammer mill) to process both malt and grain, although it currently lacks a continuous still for grain distillation. […]
Once fully matured, Kingsbarns’ whisky will be a classic floral and fruity Lowland single malt. While the Wemyss family plans to primarily age the whisky in first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels, they have several expressions in mind to showcase the spirit’s versatility. The distillery took five years to develop from an idea by former golf caddie Douglas […]
InchDairnie’s distillery is designed with a focus on enhancing flavor, with a particular emphasis on seasonality. The distillery uses both winter and spring barley varieties from Fife, along with four unique yeast strains that change according to the seasons. After maturing, all four seasonal batches from the same year are blended together, providing a true […]
Clear wort and long ferments have pushed things towards lightness and fruit, while a glance at the enormous stills (the wash still is the largest in Scotland) immediately suggests masses of copper contact and reflux. They are run, however, to cut down on copper contact, and the steeply angled lyne arms run into worm tubs […]
The spirit produced by Glasgow Distillery’s two copper pot stills is light and fruity. After maturing in ex-Bourbon casks, it will resemble a typical Speyside whisky. However, with no established Glaswegian whisky style, the founders are determined to create their own distinct “metropolitan” style. The distillery is already distilling both peated and unpeated malt and […]
William Grant & Sons established its Girvan distillery following a peculiar dispute with DCL. The story goes that Grant’s planned a TV ad for its Standfast brand, which DCL found distasteful and responded by threatening to cut off Grant’s grain whisky supply. This posed a significant threat to Standfast’s success, so the Grant family did […]
