Distilleries

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...

Linkwood Distillery: The Whisky Nobody Was Allowed to Change

Blenders guard Linkwood so jealously that barely a drop reaches bottles under its own name. From the manager who protected the stillhouse spiders to the swans on the dam, here is the full story of ...

Benrinnes Distillery: Speyside's Meaty Secret

Flooded, burned and rebuilt on the slopes of the mountain that names it, Benrinnes makes Speyside's meatiest malt, almost all of it destined for blends. We have bottled around twenty casks of The B...

Mannochmore Distillery: The Quiet Speysider Behind the Black Whisky

Mannochmore made Loch Dhu, the notorious black whisky, but its real story is a light, floral Speyside spirit that blenders have trusted for fifty years. We have bottled more than a dozen casks of i...

Glentauchers Distillery: The Speyside Malt the Blenders Keep

Almost nobody writes seriously about Glentauchers, yet blenders prize it and independent bottlers compete for its casks. Having bottled it from 7 to 22 years old, we explain why this Ballantine's w...

The Glenlivet Distillery: The Malt That Made Speyside Legal

The Glenlivet guide: George Smith's pistol-carrying 1824 gamble, the 1884 court case over the name, lantern-shaped stills, what the whisky tastes like, and a clear-eyed look at Glenlivet casks and ...

Glenfiddich Distillery: History, Whisky & Casks

Glenfiddich made the world drink single malt, yet independent bottlings of it are almost non-existent. Our guide covers the history, production, collectability and the curious case of Wardhead.

Dalmunach Distillery: Speyside's £25 Million Newcomer

Built on the bones of the lost Imperial distillery, Dalmunach is one of Speyside's most striking modern distilleries. We bottled one of the first independent Dalmunach casks, here is the full story...

The Macallan Distillery: History, Whisky & Cask Ownership

The definitive guide to The Macallan: two centuries of Speyside history, curiously small stills, the Jerez sherry-oak programme and record-breaking auctions. Plus a clear-eyed look at buying and se...

Glen Grant Distillery: The Major's Tall Stills and Italy's Favourite Malt

Glen Grant guide: James 'The Major' Grant's Victorian innovations, the tall purifier-fitted stills that keep the spirit apple-fresh for decades, why it's Italy's best-selling single malt, and our o...