Distilleries

Tomatin Distillery: History, Whisky and the Casks We've Bottled

Tomatin was Scotland's largest malt distillery and the first under Japanese ownership. Here's its history, how the whisky is made, and the two casks we've bottled.

Glenrothes Distillery: History, Whisky and Seven Casks We've Bottled

In 1878, a partnership building a new distillery beside the Burn of Rothes ran out of money halfway through construction, after the Glasgow Bank collapsed. The loan that saved the project came from...

Auchentoshan Distillery: Scotland's Full-Time Triple Distiller

Auchentoshan is one of only two Scotch distilleries that triple distil their entire output, a light, citrus-driven Lowland malt from the edge of Glasgow. We bottled our own single cask from here, a...

Tomintoul Distillery: The Gentle Dram That Also Makes Smoke

Tomintoul spends most of the year making one of Speyside's gentlest whiskies, then once a year turns out something heavily peated called Old Ballantruan. We bottled our own single cask from this di...

Glenkinchie Distillery: The Lowland Face of Diageo's Four Corners

Glenkinchie is Diageo's Lowland flagship near Edinburgh, one of the original Classic Malts and the smallest-known of the Four Corners of Scotland. We have never bottled it, and our new guide says s...

Edradour Distillery: The Smallest Distillery Owned by an Independent Bottler

Edradour, tucked outside Pitlochry, was Scotland's smallest traditional distillery for decades, and since 2002 it has belonged not to a drinks giant but to Signatory Vintage, one of the country's b...

Glen Keith Distillery: Chivas Brothers' Own Laboratory

Glen Keith spent decades as Chivas Brothers' own experimental distillery, then sat silent for fourteen years. We bottled one of its rare aged casks ourselves, here is the full story of Speyside's q...

Glencadam Distillery: The Highland Malt That Waited 200 Years

Founded in 1825 and quietly run by Angus Dundee since 2003, Glencadam only opened its doors to visitors in 2025. We look at the East Highland distillery's floral, creamy style, the single cask we b...

Glen Spey Distillery: The Oatmeal Mill That Still Feeds J&B

Glen Spey is one of five distilleries packed into Rothes, built from an old oatmeal mill and fitted with rare purifier stills that keep its spirit light enough for J&B. We bottled two casks fin...

Cardhu Distillery: The Single Malt Hiding Inside Johnnie Walker

Cardhu quietly ranks among the best-selling single malts in the world, yet almost everything it makes goes into Johnnie Walker. Here is the story of the farm that started it, the 2003 controversy t...