Distilleries

Jura Distillery: The Island Malt Rebuilt to Save a Community

Rebuilt in 1963 to keep an island alive, Jura makes a light, fruity spirit from some of the tallest stills in Scotland. Our guide covers its history, production, flavour, casks and visiting, plus t...

Dufftown Distillery: The Speyside Malt Hiding Inside Bell's and The Singleton

Six distilleries share the town of Dufftown, but only one carries its name, and it is the one whisky drinkers know least. The Speyside workhorse behind Bell's and The Singleton: history, production...

Arran Distillery: The Island That Waited 158 Years for Legal Whisky

Harold Currie, a pair of golden eagles and a north-coast loch gave Arran its first legal distillery since the 1830s. Our guide to Lochranza covers its history, stills, casks, flavour, visiting, and...

Bunnahabhain Distillery: Islay's Gentle Giant at the End of the Road

Islay's most remote distillery built its name on gentle, nutty, unpeated whisky, then quietly added a smoky alter ego. Here is the full Bunnahabhain story, from the Victorian company village to War...

Aultmore Distillery: The Dram of the Buckie Road

For a century locals asked for 'a nip of the Buckie Road' rather than Aultmore by name. Here is the full story of Dewar's quiet Speyside workhorse: its 1970s rebuild, the £15 million expansion, wha...

Royal Brackla Distillery: The King's Own Whisky

Royal Brackla near Nairn was the first Scotch whisky ever granted a Royal Warrant, yet most of its elegant, fruity Highland spirit has spent two centuries hidden in Dewar's blends. Our guide covers...

Kilchoman Distillery: Islay's Farm Distillery From Barley to Bottle

Kilchoman guide: how Anthony Wills built the first new Islay distillery in 124 years on a farm at Rockside, the 100% Islay whisky grown, malted, distilled and bottled on site, the two-still-house e...

Strathmill Distillery: The Purifier Malt Behind J&B

Strathmill guide: the converted oatmeal mill on the River Isla, the rare purifier stills that make its light, orange-and-honey spirit, its sixty years inside J&B Rare, our five Strathmill singl...

GlenDronach Distillery: The Valley of the Brambles and the Sherry Cask

One of the first licensed distilleries in Scotland, the last to fire its stills with coal, and home to some of the finest sherry casks in the Highlands. Our full GlenDronach guide, with drone foota...

Miltonduff Distillery: The Speyside Malt at the Heart of Ballantine's

Miltonduff has spent two centuries making the clean, pear-scented Speyside malt at the core of Ballantine's, from a mill once owned by monks. Here is the full story: the blessed Black Burn, the Lom...