Distilleries

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 ...

Caol Ila Distillery: Islay's Quiet Giant

Islay's biggest distillery is also its quietest achiever, and our house malt. The complete Caol Ila guide from the bottler that has released more than 40 of its casks.

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 Investment

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 Ord Distillery

Douglas Laing and Signatory Vintage have performed the majority of independent bottlings available on the market today from Glen Ord distillery, so finding any other independent bottlings from t...

Dufftown Distillery

Dufftown whisky is the definition of nutty-spicy whisky with a malt heavy profile. About The name might be familiar to you from the famous Diageo product "The Singleton of Dufftown". This low...

Deanston

From cotton mill to distillery. Deanston had conformed to a modern style of production during the Invergordon era, producing a light dry ‘nutty-spicy' make. The malting is not done in-house anymo...

Miltonduff

In 1824 after years of illicit production, Miltonduff distillery finally could start legal production of whisky and quickly became one of the largest producers in Scotland by the end of the cen...

Royal Brackla

In 1835, it was the first Scotch to be granted a Royal Warrant and the rights to call itself Royal Brackla. This seal of approval from King William IV led to Brackla being known as ‘The King’s Ow...