February 15, 2021

ABERFELDY

Located on the south bank of the silvery River Tay, into which the whisky’s water source, the Pitilie Burn, continues to flow as it has done for hundreds of years

February 21, 2021

Speyside

ABERLOUR

The name James Fleming is still revered in the Strathspey village of Aberlour, some 12 miles south of Elgin.

August 8, 2021

Speyside

ALLT A BHAINNE

Malt purists, look away now, lest apoplexy get the better of you. While most aficiandos would baulk at taking anything other than a few drops of Scottish spring water…

August 2, 2021

Lowland

AILSA BAY

Oddly, in an industry that generally takes it time over all things whisky, construction of the Ailsa Bay distillery in 2007 was started and completed within six months!

July 21, 2022

Islay, Portal

Ardbeg

It hardly seems possible that between 1989-96, the Ardbeg distillery on the south coast of Islay was only operational for two month a year. Demand was insufficient to warrant greater production.

April 7, 2022

Portal, The Highlands

ARDMORE

A golden eagle, the symbol of Ardmore, is a not altogether rare sight hovering above the distillery at Kennethmont, some 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire.

November 8, 2021

Speyside

AUCHROISK

What’s in a name? asked Shakespeare. A lot, when it is deemed far too difficult for Sassenachs to pronounce.

February 24, 2022

Portal, Speyside

AULTMORE

The cattle farmers of Keith, Banffshire back in the 1950s may have noticed their livestock altogether more contented if somewhat unsteady on their legs…

October 17, 2021

Speyside

BENRIACH

The Pattinson Crash of 1900 is little known now, but when three overly-ambitious and ultimately criminally fraudulent Edinburgh brothers bought up large stakes in a number of distilleries…

February 16, 2021

Lowland

BLADNOCH

Located near Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, Bladnoch is not only a prime example of Scotland’s Lowland Malt, it is the industry’s most southerly distillery.

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