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Grain

Cameronbridge

Cameronbridge is a grain distillery located in Windygates, Leven, in Fife.

The distilling capacity is 110m LPA.

John Haig opened a distillery on this site in 1824 and six years later it became the first distillery to produce grain whisky using column stills. Up until 1929 the distillery had both pot and column stills, producing malt and grain whisky. More recently, under Diageo’s ownership, it has become the first distillery in the world to combine biomass combustion, anaerobic digestion and water recovery.

It’s the largest grain distillery in Scotland, and produces not only grain whisky but also grain neutral spirit for Diageo’s leading vodka and gin brands.

The grain whisky is used widely in Diageo’s blended Scotch whiskies, J&B, Johnnie Walker, Black & White, Bell’s, Vat 69 and White Horse.

It is also bottled by Diageo as a single grain under the Cameron Brig brand. Good quality expressions of Cameronbridge are also available from many leading independent bottlers.

More recently the distillery supplies the spirit for The Haig Club single grain whisky.

Girvan

The Girvan distillery is located on the west coast of Scotland in South Ayrshire.

It is a single grain distillery with a capacity of 110m LPA per annum.

The distillery was built in 1963 when Charles Gordon was at the helm of Wm Grant’s. At the time Girvan was the most advanced distillery in the world. Built in only 9 months, it started producing spirit on Christmas day.

The original Coffey stills continued to produce grain spirit until 1995 when they were replaced with a more modern multiple column vacuum still.

Owned by William Grant and Sons, the largest independently owned Scotch whisky firm, Girvan produces grain whisky for a variety of blended Scotch whisky brands including Grants and Clan Macgregor. Girvan is also the home for the Hendricks Gin plant and for Ailsa Bay distillery.

Invergordon

Invergordon is a grain distillery located in Invergordon, Ross-shire.

The distilling capacity is 36m LPA.

Invergordon was founded in 1959 and began production in 1961. When Lochside ceased producing grain whisky in 1973, it became the only grain distillery located in the Highlands.

Early in its lifetime, Invergordon was home to one of the shortest-lived malt whisky distilleries in modern Scotch whisky history – Ben Wyvis, which was operational between 1963 and 1977.

The distillery was purchased in 1993 by Whyte and Mackay. Invergordon grain whisky is a core component in blends such as Whyte & Mackay and Claymore, along with many other branded and own-label blended whiskies.

Invergordon is no longer bottled as a single grain by the distillers. However, several independent bottlers have released very old bottlings of Invergordon in recent years.

North British

North British is a grain distillery, located in Edinburgh. 

The distilling capacity is 72m LPA. 

The distillery was built in 1885 by a group of independent distillers. Today it is owned by Lothian Distillers, a joint venture between Diageo and The Edrington Group. When the Caledonia grain distillery closed down in 1988 the North British distillery became the only surviving distillery in Scotland's capital city. 

At full capacity the distillery produces the equivalent of ten bottles per second. In a full year it will use 150,000 tonnes of grain. 18,500 hectares of land are needed to produce enough grain to supply the distillery.

North British grain whisky is an important constituent in a wide variety of blended whiskies, including the following: Famous Grouse, J&B and Johnnie Walker Black Label.  North British is not bottled as a single grain by the owners.

Starlaw

Starlaw is a grain distillery located in Bathgate, West Lothian.

The distilling capacity is 25m LPA.

Starlaw is the newest grain distillery in Scotland. The distillery was commissioned in 2007 by La Martiniquaise on the site of their maturation, blending and bottling plant. Production began in 2010.

Grain whisky produced at Starlaw is distilled primarily from wheat. However, Starlaw also has the capacity to produce grain whisky from maize.

The majority of Starlaw’s whisky is produced for Cutty Sark and Label 5, La Martiniquaise’s flagship blend. Label 5 is the 9th best-selling Scotch whisky worldwide and the second most-popular blend in France, the largest market for Scotch by volume. It is sold both as a standard blend, and as a 12 year-old.

Malt

Ardmore

Ardmore distillery is located in a rural location near the village of Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 4.6m LPA . Industry percentage 1.2%

Ardmore Distillery was founded in 1898 by the Teacher’s family to supply malt whisky to the Teacher’s whisky brand. Ardmore is still very much the ‘heart’ of Teacher’s today, but it is also a highly respected single malt brand in its own right.

The distillery site was selected for its excellent rail and road networks and for its proximity to two important raw materials – water and barley. The distillery had its own maltings until the 1970’s and its own cooperage until the 1980’s. It was also one of the last distilleries to stop using coal to fire the stills.

Ardmore is currently bottled by its owners, Suntory, as Ardmore “Legacy”, a no-aged statement single malt. There are also many top quality independent bottlings of Ardmore.

Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan distillery is located on the west coast of Scotland, just south of the Isle of Skye. Highland Region.

The distillery capacity is 450,000 LPA. Industry percentage 0.1%

Due to its remote location on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, the distillery operates a fully sustainable circular economy. It was the first Scottish distillery to be entirely heated and powered by local renewable energy, and it provides all its by-products to the neighbouring farms.

The distillery is owned by the independent bottler, Adelphi Distillery Ltd, and was commissioned in July 2014. All of its maturing stocks are stored in dunnage warehouses on site and benefit from the cool, damp west coast climate.

Ardnamurchan produces both unpeated and peated spirit and launched its first Single Malt at the end of 2020. It is a robust west coast Highland style: rich, fruity and maritime.

Auchentoshan

Auchentoshan distillery is located by Dalmuir, Clydebank. Lowland Region.

The distilling capacity is 2.1m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.5%

Auchentoshan distillery is recorded as having been founded in 1823, although distilling may have occurred as early as 1817 under the name of Duntocher.

In the early parts of the 20th century, Auchentoshan was recorded as producing ‘pure Highland malt’. Today, however, Auchentoshan is notable for being one of the last distilleries to produce whisky in the classic ‘Lowland’ style. To this end, Auchentoshan, unlike most Scottish distillers (but like Irish whiskey distillers) triple-distils its spirit, giving it a lighter, fruity characteristic.

Auchentoshan is owned by Suntory, having been acquired by them in 1994. As very few established Lowland distilleries are active today, its whisky is used in many blends. Sales of Auchentoshan single malt have also increased steadily over the last decade.

Auchroisk

Auchroisk distillery is located in Mulben, Banffshire. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 5.7m LPA. Industry Percentage 1.4%

The Auchroisk distillery was built by J&B (now part of Diageo) in 1974.

The malt whisky is a component of many of the Diageo blends, and is a core constituent of J&B Scotch. It was bottled as a single malt under the name “Singleton of Auchroisk” up until the mid 1990’s. Now it is bottled as Auchroisk as part of the Diageo Flora and Fauna series.

There have been many specialist bottlings of Auchroisk, most notably by Signatory, Murray McDavid, Macleod’s and Douglas Laing. 

Benrinnes

Benrinnes distillery is located near Aberlour. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 3.6m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.9%

The distillery was founded in 1826. It was destroyed by a flood after only three years of production but rebuilt in 1835. The distillery employed a unique partial triple distillation process until 2007.

Benrinnes now has a traditional set up of two wash stills and four spirit stills. Despite the long history of Benrinnes, there has only been one official bottling - in 1991 a fifteen year-old was released as part of the Flora & Fauna series, which remains to this day. Save for a few independent bottlings, the majority of the spirit has been used in blends, notably Johnnie Walker and J&B. Single malt whiskies from Benrinnes remain a rare treat.

Blair Athol

Blair Athol distillery is located in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 2.5m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.6%

The distillery was founded under the name Aldour in 1778 by Robert Robertson. In 1825, he expanded and renamed the facilities Blair Athol. The distillery has had a long association with Bell’s Blended Scotch - their roots were entwined as far back as the mid nineteenth century.

It’s estimated that up to 95% of the malt goes into the Bells, with the remaining 5% bottled by Diageo and a variety of independent bottlers. The Sherry cask bottlings are highly sought after. Blair Athol is popular on the whisky trail, receiving over 30,000 visitors each year.

Borders

The Borders Malt is produced at The Borders Distillery, which is located in Hawick. Lowland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1.8m LPA. Industry percentage 0.5%

The Borders Distillery opened in early 2018 and was commissioned in March. It is the brain child of three former Wm Grant’s directors, all of whom have considerable experience in the Scotch whisky trade. They raised over £10m of funding. The parent business, The Three Stills Company, is the brand owner of Clan Fraser blended Scotch and Lower East Side, a blended malt.

In recent history Hawick, and other Borders towns, were famous for their tweed and cashmere. It’s claimed that Hawick, in the 1960’s, was the highest dollar earning town, per capita, in the UK. There are no records of distilling in the Borders since 1837.

The new distillery, traditional in design and appearance, is located on the site of the former Hawick Electric company, adjacent to the river Teviot.

Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain distillery is located near Port Askaig, on the Island of Islay. Islay Region.

The distilling capacity is 3.0m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.8%

Until the foundation of Kilchoman in 2005, Bunnahabhain, est. 1881, was the youngest distillery on Islay. In fact, prior to the building of the distillery, this region of Islay was largely uninhabited.

Bunnahabhain is, along with Bruichladdich, one of only two Islay distilleries to mainly produce unpeated whisky. Today, around 80% of the whisky distilled at Bunnahabhain is unpeated, although a peated variety – named 'Staoisha' – has also been produced since the late 1990s.

In 2003, Burn Stewart Distillers purchased Bunnahabhain from Edrington, along with the brand of 'Black Bottle, a blended whisky. Now owned by CVH Spirits, Bunnahabhain whisky is the core of Black Bottle, as well as a major component in Scottish Leader, CVH's other major blended Scotch.

Like most Islay whiskies, Bunnahabhain has also achieved considerable success as a brand of single malt. Today, Bunnahabhain single malt is sold in many countries worldwide, and has proven particularly popular in Africa and Taiwan.

Caol Ila

Caol Ila distillery is located in Port Askaig, on the island of Islay.

The distilling capacity is 6.4m LPA. Industry percentage: 1.6%

Caol Ila (Gaelic for Sound of Islay) is pronounced as ‘cull eela’. The name is directly connected to its location, on the shore of the Sound of Islay just under a mile north of Port Askaig.

Hector Henderson founded the distillery in 1846. Islay malts were not very popular at that time and the distillery did not initially thrive. The business first changed hands in 1854 when Norman Buchanan, owner of the Isle of Jura Distillery, bought it.

After several further changes of ownership, the distillery was eventually purchased by The Distiller's Company, Limited (the forerunner of Diageo) in 1927.

Caol Ila produces a peated Islay malt. As the largest distillery on Islay, Caol Ila is very popular with blenders. For this reason, whisky from this distillery is included in many leading blends, including Johnnie Walker.

Caol Ila is also very popular in its own right as a single malt, and its brand is growing rapidly worldwide.

Dailuaine

Dailuaine distillery is located in Charlestown-of-Aberlour, Strathspey. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 4.9m LPA. Industry Percentage 1.2%

In 1852, William Mackenzie founded Dailuaine Distillery. Towards the end of the 19th Century Dailuaine was one of Scotland’s largest distilleries.  In 1898, Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd was formed and the group included an Aberdeen based grain distillery, fellow Speysider Imperial, Dailuaine distillery and the Skye-based Talisker. In 1925, Distillers Company Limited acquired the company, latterly amalgamating with Diageo. 

The malt is widely used in the Johnnie Walker blends with only a few casks ending up as single malt bottlings. These can be extremely good.

Deanston

Deanston is located in Perthshire, just outside the village of Doune. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 2.7m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.7%

Deanston's history as a whisky distillery dates back to 1966 when it was converted from a cotton mill. The distillery sits on the banks of the River Teith, at the entrance to the famous Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

It is owned by Burn Stewart Distillers, who also own Bunnahabhain on Islay and Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. Burn Stewart forms part of the Distell Group, one of South Africa's leading Wine and Spirits companies.

Deanston is perhaps one of the 'greenest' distilleries in Scotland. A water turbine generates all of its power needs and any excess is sold to the National Grid.

Deanston single malt is a relative newcomer to the malt whisky market. Distillery bottlings are done without chill-filtration and at natural colour, in line with the growing trend in the specialist malt market for 'natural' whiskies.

Glen Elgin

Glen Elgin is a malt distillery located in the heart of Speyside, near Elgin.

The distilling capacity is 2.6m LPA. Industry percentage 0.7%

Founded in 1898, design and construction of the distillery was commissioned to well-respected architect, Charles Doig. Production started in 1898.

There were many stops, starts and ownership changes until in 1958 the site was demolished and completely rebuilt with triple the capacity. The number of stills was increased from two to six taking the production capacity to current levels.

Glen Elgin sources its malt from Diageo’s industrial sites while it is one of the few remaining distilleries that still use copper worms to cool the alcohol vapours. In the 1930’s the distillery was owned by the Distillers Company Ltd and shortly thereafter it was licensed to White Horse Distillers. The single malt continues to be a key component of White Horse Blended Scotch whisky, a globally recognised brand.

Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch distillery is located in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1.5m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.4%

Glen Garioch is one of Scotland’s oldest operational distilleries, as it was founded in 1797.

The present owners of Glen Garioch are Suntory. After acquiring the distillery in 1994, Suntory closed Glen Garioch between 1995 and 1997 for refurbishment. During this period, Glen Garioch’s floor maltings, one of the few remaining on-site facilities in Scotland, were closed.

Until 1995, Glen Garioch was one of the few distilleries outside of Islay to produce peated whisky. Since re-opening in 1997, the distillery has produced a more traditional, non-peated Highland malt.

Glen Garioch is used in a variety of different blends, while in recent years it has also come to prominence as a single malt whisky in its own right.

Glen Moray

Glen Moray distillery is located in Elgin, Morayshire. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 6.0m LPA. Industry percentage: 1.5%

Glen Moray was established as a distillery in 1897, when West Brewery was converted for malt whisky production.

In 2008, the French drinks group La Martiniquaise purchased the distillery from Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy.

Glen Moray whisky is the core malt component in La Martiniquaise’s flagship blend, Label 5, and Glen Turner blended malt. Label 5 is the 9th best-selling Scotch whisky worldwide and the second most-popular blend in France, the largest market for Scotch by volume.

A wide variety of single malt bottlings from Glen Moray have also been released since La Martiniquaise’s takeover. 

Glen Spey

Glen Spey distillery is located in Rothes, Aberlour, Banffshire. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 1.6m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.4%

Glen Spey distillery was built in 1878 by James Stuart & Co under the name 'Mill of Rothes'. Less than a decade later James Stuart bought the Macallan distillery and sold Glen Spey to W. & A. Gilbey for £11,000.

The majority of Glen Spey’s production is destined for blending in the J&B brand, but there are some single malt bottlings from both Diageo and the specialists. Reviews would suggest that Glen Spey benefits from longer in cask than many single malts, with the bottlings of 15 years and above achieving high ratings.

Glenlossie

Glenlossie distillery is located in Elgin, Morayshire. Speyside region

The distilling capacity is 2.8m LPA. Industry percentage 0.7%.

Founded by John Duff in 1876, Glenlossie ran independently until 1919, when it was acquired by Distillers Company Limited, a forerunner of Diageo.

It now shares its site with another distillery, Mannochmore, which was built almost a century later in 1971. Since then, the two distilleries have had an interconnected history, and for much of that time have been operated by the same team of staff, producing in stints at one distillery then the other. As production at both distilleries increased, this practice became unfeasible, and they separated fully in 2007.

Glenlossie uses purifier pipes on its stills, producing a delicate spirit with a slight oily quality. It has only one official bottling, as part of the Flora & Fauna series, but is highly sought after as an independent bottling.

Inchgower

Inchgower Distillery is located just outside Buckie, Moray. Speyside Region.

The distilling capacity is 3.2m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.8%

The distillery was built in 1871 by Alexander Wilson & Co and ownership was transferred to Arthur Bell & Sons (now Diageo) in 1938. 

Inchgower malt is a major component of Bell's blended whisky, but it is also used in White Horse and Johnnie Walker. It is highly rated as a blending malt, but also as a single malt. Cadenhead's, Adelphi, Hart Brothers and Signatory Vintage have all bottled casks of Inchgower. The quality ratings are very high.

Kirkcowan

Kirkcowan is produced at Bladnoch distillery, which is located in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. Lowland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1.5m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.4%

Bladnoch distillery was founded in 1817. The distillery is owned by David Prior, who purchased it in 2015. After two years of extensive renovations, in which all equipment barring the mill was replaced, the distillery was finally re-opened in Summer 2017.

Kirkcowan is the blending name for Bladnoch’s unpeated single malt whisky, which is a grassy, malty spirit typical of the Lowlands region. 

At the end of the 19th century, there were 25 active Lowland distilleries, of which only three are still operational today: Bladnoch, Auchentoshan and Glenkinchie. However, Lowland malt whisky has undergone a resurgence in recent years, and there are now 13 active distilleries in the region again.

After purchasing the distillery in 2015, Prior launched a new blend, Pure Scot, which includes Bladnoch single malt alongside other malt and grain whiskies. It was launched in Australia in 2015, and then in other global markets such as the US and UK and 2016.

Kirkinner

Kirkinner is produced at Bladnoch distillery, which is located in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. Lowland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1.5m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.4%

Kirkinner is the blending name for Bladnoch’s peated whisky. This lightly peated whisky is produced exclusively for only 3 weeks a year for use in their blended whiskies.

Bladnoch distillery was founded in 1817.

At the end of the 19th century, there were 25 active Lowland distilleries, of which only three are still operational today: Bladnoch, Auchentoshan and Glenkinchie. However, Lowland malt whisky has undergone a resurgence in recent years, and there are now 13 active distilleries in the region again.

The distillery is owned by David Prior, who purchased it in 2015. After two years of extensive renovations, in which all equipment barring the mill was replaced, the distillery was finally re-opened in Summer 2017.

In July 2019, Dr Nick Savage joined Bladnoch Distillery as Master Distiller. Nick has formerly worked for Diageo, William Grant & Sons and as Master Distiller of The Macallan.

Ledaig

Ledaig is produced at the Tobermory distillery in Tobermory, on the Island of Mull. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.3%

Tobermory distillery, which was founded in 1798, can lay claim to being one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. It is the only distillery on the Island of Mull. Island whiskies tend to be more expensive than mainland ones due to the increased cost of production at their remote locations.

In 1993, Burn Stewart purchased Tobermory distillery. Now owned by CVH Spirits, whisky from this distillery is at the heart of their two major blended whiskies, Scottish Leader and Black Bottle.

Ledaig whisky is a peated malt whilst the Tobermory spirit is unpeated. The current owner of Tobermory is the CVH Spirits (formerly Distell) of South Africa who bought Burn Stewart Distillers in 2013.

Linkwood

Linkwood distillery is located in Elgin, in the Speyside region of Scotland.

The distilling capacity is 3.7m LPA. Industry percentage 0.9%

Spirit first flowed off the stills at Linkwood in 1824, one year after the UK Excise Act was passed which allowed distillation in return for a £10 license fee and a further payment per gallon of spirit produced. The first two owners of Linkwood were Peter Brown followed by his son William, making it a family run affair in the 19th Century. It was the Distillers Company Limited that bought the distillery in 1932, and since that date it has been in almost constant production, with two major capacity upgrades along the way.

The new make spirit is highly prized not only by today’s owner Diageo, but also by other whisky blenders for its floral, sweet and meadow grass quality. As well as being an important component in Diageo blends, Linkwood has been bottled by its owner, at 12 yrs old, in the Flora and Fauna series. It has also been bottled as a 26 and 30 yr old single malt in the Rare Malts collection. Casks of Linkwood are rare, but highly sought after, amongst the independent bottlers.

Mannochmore

Mannochmore is a malt distillery situated in the heart of the Speyside region, in Elgin, Morayshire.

The distilling capacity is 2.6m LPA. Industry percentage is 0.7%

Built in 1971 by John Haig & Co the Mannochmore distillery shares the same location with the much older Glenlossie Distillery and was an indicator of the Scotch industries confidence coming out of the 60s.

Mannochmore single malt has long lasting associations with two of Diageo’s famous blends, Haig and Dimple, both of which are widely exported in Asia, Europe and The Americas.

In 1996 Mannochmore became notorious for being the malt used in the brand “Loch Dhu”, a single malt whisky with an extremely dark colour which many thought must have been created by an unusually liberal use of caramel colouring. The brand was withdrawn from the market very quickly.

Mannochmore single malt is known for its delicately floral and fruity characteristics. It is a popular malt amongst the independent bottlers but availability is limited.

Nethermill

Nethermill is a malt whisky produced at Fettercairn Distillery, which is located at the foot of the Grampian Mountains, Aberdeenshire. Highland region.

Distillery capacity 2.3m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.6%

Fettercairn was founded in 1825 by Sir Alexander Ramsay, a local landowner.

It was sold five years later to Sir John Gladstone, father of the British Prime Minister William Gladstone. The Gladstone family, although not directly involved in the running of the plant, maintained ownership for over ninety years.

Today it is owned by Whyte & Mackay whose parent company is Emperador.

The spirit produced is a full bodied Highland single malt whisky.

Strathenry

Strathenry is produced at Inchdairnie distillery, which is located in Glenrothes, Fife. Lowland Region.

The distilling capacity is 2.0m LPA. Industry Percentage 0.5%

Inchdairnie is one of the newest malt distilleries in Scotland. Construction began in July 2014 and, in December 2015, production began for the first time.

The distillery is owned by John Fergus & Co. Ltd, which was founded by Ian Palmer, a four-decade veteran of the whisky industry (Invergordon, Glen Turner).

Unlike many new distilleries, Inchdairnie is neither small, nor dependent on single malt sales for its success. Over two-thirds of the whisky produced at this distillery is known as Strathenry, which is sold specifically within the industry as a malt intended for blending.

A major purchaser of Strathenry is MacDuff International, whose blends include Grand Macnish, Lauder's and Islay Mist.

There is another spirit produced at this distillery, which is known as 'Inchdairnie'. Bottles of Inchdairnie single malt are not scheduled for release until 2029.

Strathmill

Strathmill distillery is located in Keith, Banffshire. Speyside region.

Distillery capacity 2.0m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.5%

Founded in 1891 under the name of ‘Glenisla’, Strathmill acquired its modern name in 1895 when it was purchased by W. & A. Gilbey Ltd. More famous nowadays for gin than whisky, Gilbey’s were the owners of three malt distilleries for the first half of the 20th century (the others being Glen Spey and Knockando).

In 1962, Gilbey’s merged with United Wine Traders, the producers of J&B, to form International Distillers & Vintners (IDV). Strathmill, like other ex-Gilbey distilleries, went on to become one of the key malts used in this well-known brand, and remains a core component of J&B to this day.

As a consequence of Strathmill’s popularity in blended Scotch, it is uncommon to see it released as a single malt, although more releases by independent bottlers have been seen in recent years.

Tamdhu

Tamdhu distillery is located in Knockando, Banffshire. Speyside region

The distilling capacity is 4.0m LPA. Industry percentage 1.0%.

Founded by a consortium of blenders and merchants, including William Grant, in 1896. The distillery was sold to Highland Distillers two years later, and it saw its fair share of ups and downs over the years, being mothballed on three separate occasions. However, its reputation for forming the heart of many great Highland blends has seen it always pull through economic difficulties, and in 2011 it was purchased by its current owners, Ian Macleod Distillers.

Ian Macleod saw its potential not only as an excellent blending malt, but also to be bottled as a single malt, and they rebuilt the Tamdhu brand. Today its 10 year old is instantly recognisable from its iconic bottle, and the Batch Strength releases are loved by connoisseurs.

Tamdhu uses broad stills to create a gentle spirit with a slight oiliness. Historically, it has been used as a key part of blends such as Famous Grouse, J&B, and Cutty Sark.

Teaninich

Teaninich distillery is located in Alness, Ross-shire. Highlands region.

Distillery capacity 10.2m LPA. Industry percentage: 2.6%

Originally founded in 1817 by Captain Hugh Munro, Teaninich was one of the first legal distilleries in Scotland. It then passed between the hands of several local distillers and blenders before the trust of the last sole proprietor, Robert Innes Cameron, sold the distillery to Distiller’s Company Limited (DCL, the forerunner to Diageo) in 1933.

Teaninich changed profoundly in 1970, when a new building with six stills, known as site A, was opened. The old distillery, now known as site B, was then mothballed in 1984 and ultimately decommissioned in 1999.

The modern distillery, in turn, was then doubled in capacity in 2015, and is now Diageo’s third-largest malt distillery by capacity after Roseisle and Glen Ord.

Seldom seen as a single malt, Teaninich is largely used in many different blended whiskies, especially Johnnie Walker, Vat 69 and Haig.

Teithmill

Teithmill is produced at Deanston distillery in Perthshire, just outside the village of Doune. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 2.7m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.8%

Deanston's history as a whisky distillery dates back to 1966 when it was converted from a cotton mill. The distillery sits on the banks of the River Teith (hence the name of its blending malt), at the entrance to the famous Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

It is owned by CVH Spirits, who also own Bunnahabhain on Islay and Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

Deanston is perhaps one of the 'greenest' distilleries in Scotland. A water turbine generates all of its power needs and any excess is sold to the National Grid.

Tobermory

Tobermory distillery is located in Tobermory, on the Island of Mull. Highland Region.

The distilling capacity is 1m LPA. Industry percentage: 0.3%

Tobermory distillery, which was founded in 1798, can lay claim to being one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. It is the only distillery on the Island of Mull. Island whiskies tend to be more expensive than mainland ones due to the increased cost of production at their remote locations. 

In 1993, Burn Stewart purchased Tobermory distillery. Now under the ownership of CVH Spirits, whisky from this distillery is at the heart of CVH’s two major blended whiskies, Scottish Leader and Black Bottle.

Scottish Leader is the largest selling blend in Taiwan, which is the 4th most valuable market for Scotch in the world.

’Tobermory’, which is unpeated, is not the only single malt produced at Tobermory distillery –a smoky, peated variety known as ‘Ledaig’ is also made. Production is split evenly between the two, and both have become increasingly prominent as brands of single malt over recent years.

Tombae

Tombae is a malt whisky produced at Tamnavulin Distillery, which is located near Ballindalloch, Banffshire. Speyside region.

Distillery capacity 4.0m LPA. Industry percentage: 1.0%

Tamnavulin was built in 1966 by the Tamnavulin-Glenlivet Distillery Company, an Invergordon Distillers Group subsidiary, which became part of Whyte and Mackay Ltd.

Following a period where the distillery was mothballed, Whyte and Mackay reopened the distillery in 2007. Since then, the distillery has crafted exceptional single malt whisky with a true Speyside character.

Tormore

Tormore distillery is located in the heart of Speyside, nestled at the edge of the Cairngorms National Park.

The distilling capacity is 4.9m LPA, Industry percentage of 1.2%.

Tormore is a relatively young distillery, built in 1959 and produced its first whisky in 1960. Designed by Alexander Cullen with input from Sir Albert Richardson for Long John International, it is a listed building, and one of the most architecturally striking distilleries.

In 1972, the distillery was expanded from four to eight stills. These were converted to be heated by wood chips in 1984, a by-product of the area's forestry. Long John was absorbed by Whitbread & Co in 1975, and the distillery was acquired by Allied Distillers Ltd the same year. The Tormore distillery has been controlled by Pernod-Ricard since they purchased Allied Domecq in 2005.

Tormore's malt whisky is currently sold in 14 and 16-year aged versions. The whisky is described as "A smooth, nutty whisky which sometimes has a pear-like or melony character" by Royal Mile Whiskies. 

Tullibardine

Tullibardine distillery is located in Blackford, near Gleneagles. (Highland region.)

The distilling capacity is 2.9m LPA. Industry percentage 0.7%.

Tullibardine was founded on the site of an old brewery which dates back to the 12th Century. Spirit first flowed in the new distillery in 1949. The area is well known for the purity of the local water which flows from the Ochil Hills; indeed Highland Spring has a bottling plant adjacent to the distillery.

Tullibardine was purchased in 2011 by an independent company, Picard Vins & Spiritueux, and production, from two sets of stills, is now approaching capacity. Tullibardine produces an excellent spirit which is popular with blenders. Its reputation as a high quality single malt is also growing fast.