Distilleries

Oban Distillery: The Whisky That Built a Town

Two stills, a cliff at its back and a town that grew up around it: Oban is one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland and the original West Highland malt. Here is the full story — the Mesolithic ...

Auchroisk Distillery: The Speyside Malt Nobody Could Pronounce

Built to feed the J&B blend and rebranded as The Singleton because nobody could say its name, Auchroisk is one of Speyside's great unsung workhorses — and one of the distilleries we have bottle...

Glenmorangie Distillery: The Tallest Stills in Scotland

Home of Scotland's tallest stills, giraffe-necked copper fed by rare hard spring water, and the cask finishes that changed whisky forever. Here is the full Glenmorangie story, and the honest truth ...

Ben Nevis Distillery: The Highland Malt With a Japanese Passport

Founded in 1825 by a six-foot-four giant, rescued by a Prohibition-era adventurer and owned since 1989 by Japan's Nikka, Ben Nevis makes some of the fruitiest, funkiest spirit in the Highlands. We ...

Highland Park Distillery: Orkney's Viking Malt and the Whisky That Hides Its Name

Floor maltings, heathery peat and sherry oak on an island the Vikings ruled for 600 years. The full Highland Park story, plus why independent bottlings never carry its name and what our own Whitlaw...

Dailuaine Distillery: The Green Vale That Gave Whisky the Pagoda

Every pagoda roof in Scotch whisky copies a design first built at Dailuaine in 1889. We explore Speyside's meaty, blend-bound heavyweight, from Charles Doig's original pagoda to the nine single cas...

The Balvenie Distillery: Dufftown's Keeper of the Five Rare Crafts

The Balvenie still grows barley, turns a working malting floor and keeps its own coppersmith and coopers. Here is the full story of Dufftown's hand-crafted Speysider, and an honest answer to the qu...

Teaninich Distillery: The Highland Giant Without a Mash Tun

One of Scotland's biggest and least-known distilleries, Teaninich threw out its mash tun in 2000 and never looked back. We have bottled it eleven times — here is the full guide to the grassy Highla...

Dalmore Distillery: The Stag, the Sherry and a £40 Million Bet

Dalmore wears a royal stag earned in 1263, matures its whisky in sherry casks few others can get, and has just doubled in size after a £40 million rebuild. Here is the full story of the Highland lu...

Inchgower Distillery: The Manzanilla of Speyside

Inchgower is the only Scotch distillery ever owned by a town council, and the salty, spicy Speyside workhorse behind Bell's. We have bottled it more than a dozen times — here is the full story, fro...