• The Famous Grouse The Famous Grouse is a brand of blended Scotch whisky, first produced by Matthew Gloag & Son in 1896, and currently produced and owned by The Edrington Group. The single malt whiskies used in The Famous Grouse blend include the Edrington-owned Highland Park and The Macallan. Its emblem is the Red Grouse, […]

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  • Glengoyne Glengoyne Distillery is situated at Dumgoyne, on the south-western edge of the Scottish Highlands, close to Loch Lomond and to the north of Glasgow. Although distilled in the Highlands, making Glengoyne a Highland single malt, the whisky is matured in the Lowlands. This is because the distillery itself sits upon the Highland Line, the […]

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  • Douglas Laing Douglas Laing is an independent bottler and blender based in Glasgow, Scotland. Douglas Laing is responsible for its “Remarkable Regional Malts” range, including: The Epicurean Timorous Beastie Rock Oyster Big Peat Scallywag Epicurean (46%) – First released in 2016, The Epicurean is Douglas Laing’s Lowland blended malt. Bottled with packaging featuring a character […]

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  • Bunnahabhain The name Bunnahabhain is an anglicisation of Bun na h-Abhainne, Scottish Gaelic for Mouth of the River. The Bunnahabhain Distillery was founded in 1881 near Port Askaig on Islay and is the Northern-most Islay distillery. The village of Bunnahabhain was founded to house its workers. The Bunnahabhain Distillery draws its water from the Margadale […]

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  • Bruichladdich Bruichladdich Distillery is a distillery on the Rhinns of the isle of Islay in Scotland. The distillery produces mainly single malt Scotch whisky, but has also offered artisanal gin. It is currently owned by Rémy Cointreau and is one of eight working distilleries on the island. Bruichladdich was built in 1881 by the Harvey […]

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  • Glen Scotia Glen Scotia Distillery was founded in 1832; located in Campbeltown, one of the recognized five whisky producing regions of Scotland, the distillery has a formidable pedigree. Campbeltown is a small town on the Kintyre Peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. It is affectionately known as the “Wee Toon”, and the Victorian Whisky […]

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  • Glenfiddich The Glenfiddich Distillery was founded in 1886 by William Grant in Dufftown, Scotland, in the glen of the River Fiddich. The Glenfiddich single malt whisky first ran from the stills on Christmas Day, 1887. In the 1920s, with prohibition in force in the USA, Glenfiddich was one of a very small number of distilleries […]

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  • Dalwhinnie The site for the distillery was chosen for its access to clear spring water from Lochan-Doire-Uaine and abundant peat from the surrounding bogs. Set in splendid mountain scenery, Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland at 1,164 ft (355 m) above sea level. The name Dalwhinnie is derived from Gaelic word Dail Chuinnidh, which […]

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  • Balvenie Balvenie is located in Dufftown. In early 1892 work began to convert an 18th-century mansion (Balvenie New House) into a distillery.The building took fifteen months to complete, and on 1 May 1893, the first distillation took place at the Balvenie Distillery. Since being first built, Balvenie has been continually under the ownership of William […]

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  • Loch Lomond Loch Lomond Distillery was established in 1964 by the former owners of the Littlemill Distillery in Bowling. Production began in Loch Lomond the following year in 1965. In 1984, the distillery stopped production until Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouses acquired the business and resumed malt production in 1987. Grain whisky production began in 1993 […]

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