Distilleries

Tamnavulin Distillery: From Blending Workhorse to Wine Cask Specialist

Most Speyside distilleries built in the 1960s were designed to do one thing: make clean, reliable spirit for someone else's blend. Tamnavulin was built for exactly that reason, and for the best par...

Glenburgie Distillery: The Speyside Malt Ballantine's Won't Let Go

Ask most whisky drinkers what Glenburgie tastes like and you will get a blank look. Ask them if they have ever drunk it, and the honest answer for the vast majority is yes, almost certainly, they j...

Glen Garioch Distillery: The Highland Malt That Swapped Peat for Fruit

Drive north out of Aberdeen for half an hour and the city gives way fast to open farmland. This is the Garioch, a broad valley of some of the best barley ground in Scotland, and it is where Glen Ga...

Fettercairn Distillery: The Highland Whisky Scotland Almost Forgot

Fettercairn sits at the foot of the Cairngorms in Aberdeenshire, tucked below the Grampian hills in a part of the Highlands most whisky drinkers drive straight past. For a distillery licensed in 18...

Braeval Distillery: The Highest, Quietest Whisky Maker in Speyside

A distillery built to disappear into blends Braeval sits about as far into Speyside's back country as a distillery can get, tucked into the Braes of Glenlivet above the far more famous estate that ...

Balmenach Distillery: The Speyside Malt Hidden Inside Johnnie Walker

Ask most whisky drinkers what they know about Balmenach and you will likely get a blank look. That is exactly the point. This Speyside distillery, tucked into the Cromdale Hills above the River Sp...

Balblair Distillery: The Highland Malt That Gave Up Age Statements

For twelve years Balblair sold its whisky by vintage year instead of age, a rare bet for a Highland distillery to make. Here's the full story, our own single cask, and where to look if you want one.

Allt-A-Bhainne Distillery: Speyside's Blending Workhorse With a Secret Smoky Side

The modern Speyside distillery built purely to feed Chivas Brothers blends, its surprising occasional smoky side, and the 21 year old bourbon-hogshead cask we bottled from it.

Aberfeldy Distillery: The Honeyed Malt Behind Dewar's

The Highland distillery built to feed Dewar's blend, its Bacardi stablemates, and the rare port-cask bottling we've released from it.

Strathisla Distillery: The Oldest Working Highland Distillery Most People Never Taste

Strathisla guide: the oldest working distillery in the Highlands, the Seagram deal that built Chivas Regal around it, why so little of it ever reaches a single malt bottle, and the cask strength 11...