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Bowmore Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 7, 2025

 As an Islay whisky, Bowmore's single malt betrays its location quite distinctly, but its spirit is  capable of amazing stylistic diversity.  Thankfully for single malt fans, Bowmore is one of...

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Caledonian Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 7, 2025

The Caledonian grain whisky distillery, originally known as Edinburgh Distillery, was built in Edinburgh in 1855, situated between the Haymarket train station and the Union Canal. The name was changed...

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Blair Athol Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 6, 2025

Blair Athol is a quiet yet beautiful distillery that has modestly been producing a robust Highland distillate for over two centuries. Founded in 1798, Blair Athol has always been one...

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Bladnoch Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jul 17, 2025

Bladnoch distillery has undergone a remarkable renaissance in the last few decades. Ignored for many years and eventually closed like so many sadly missed Lowlanders, the distillery nevertheless found a...

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Bimber Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jul 16, 2025

Bimber Distillery in London was founded in 2015 and started producing their first spirit in May 2016. The Bimber distillery is based in a warehouse in an unprepossessing corner of...

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Benromach Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jul 12, 2025

Benromach distillery in Speyside has undergone a remarkable rebirth since it was bought and regenerated in the late nineties by the legendary independent bottlers Gordon & MacPhail. Since then, Benromach...

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Benrinnes Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jul 11, 2025

Benrinnes distillery is one of those medium-obscure Speyside distilleries with a widely respected distillate that is well represented by the independents but largely ignored by its owners. A robust and muscular...

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Ben Nevis Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jul 10, 2025

Ben Nevis distillery is a curious beast, being a seemingly rather quiet whisky distillery that makes little noise about itself - but also a distillery whose whisky seems to be...

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Benriach Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jun 2, 2025

Benriach distillery in Speyside is one of the bigger success stories in the whisky world of recent years. After being sold to Billy Walker in 2004, Benriach underwent a major...

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Ben Wyvis Distillery

By Tim Forbes Jun 1, 2025

Ben Wyvis was a Highland single malt whisky produced at the Invergordon grain distillery between 1965 and 1976. Like other short-lived internal malt whisky projects, such as Killyloch and Glen...

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Banff Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 31, 2025

Banff distillery is one of several tragically lost smaller distilleries that Diageo forerunners Distilllers Company Limited (DCL) saw fit to mothball in the 1980s after the whisky industry's catastrophic overproduction...

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Balvenie Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 30, 2025

Balvenie distillery is a name that, for many people, instantly conjures up images and olfactory memories of Speyside. Balvenie is a whisky that perhaps more than any other displays a...

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Balmenach Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 28, 2025

Balmenach distillery was bought from Diageo in 1997 by Inver House (who have done great work with Balblair, Old Pulteney and An Cnoc) and single malt whisky production has been...

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Balblair Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 27, 2025

Balblair distillery is one of a small clutch of coastal distilleries in Scotland's Eastern Highlands, and along with the likes of Old Pulteney and Clynelish it produces a muscular, drier,...

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Aultmore Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 26, 2025

Aultmore distillery is another of Speyside’s large workhorse distilleries. Aultmore is owned by Bacardi and its single malt whisky is used primarily for their Dewar’s and William Lawson’s blends. Until recently...

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Auchroisk Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 25, 2025

Auchroisk distillery (pronounced: Aw-THRUSK) whisky is another of the little-known blending monsters that Diageo built in the early-mid seventies to meet a massive anticipated demand for whisky that never really...

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Auchentoshan Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 24, 2025

Auchentoshan distillery (pronounced: ock-en-TOSH-an) in the Scottish Lowlands is one of the bigger names in malt whisky and one of the very few remaining Scottish distilleries to practice triple distillation as...

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Ardnamurchan Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 23, 2025

The Ardnamurchan distillery was founded in the Highlands by independent whisky bottlers Adelphi Distillers in 2014, with a view to strengthening the company’s supply of single malt whisky for their...

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Ardmore Distillery

Ardmore Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 22, 2025

Ardmore distillery is a favourite with many whisky fans, and its old-school, medium-peated, Speyside-style profile has won the distillery a loyal following of aficionados. Ardmore has long been the backbone...

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Ardbeg Distillery

Ardbeg Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 21, 2025

Few distilleries have a story like that of Islay’s Ardbeg. Over the past few decades the Ardbeg distillery has transformed from a forgotten Kildalton relic, whose uncompromisingly smoky, peated single...

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AnCnoc Distillery (Knockdhu)

AnCnoc Distillery (Knockdhu)

By Tim Forbes May 20, 2025

AnCnoc is the official bottling name for the single malt whisky from Knockdhu, a charming 19th century Speyside distillery that for many years was a quiet operator, happy to supply...

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Amrut Distillery

Amrut Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 19, 2025

Amrut Distilleries Ltd was founded in Bangalore in 1948 and is a major producer of distilled spirits for the domestic Indian market. Most domestic Indian ‘whisky’ is distilled from molasses...

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Allt-A-Bhainne Distillery

Allt-A-Bhainne Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 18, 2025

It is fairly safe to say that the worthy but deeply obscure Allt-A-Bhainne single malt whisky distillery in Speyside is not a name that rushes to most whisky fans' lips...

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Aberlour Distillery

Aberlour Distillery

By Tim Forbes May 17, 2025

Aberlour distillery is a top quality Speyside distillery with a reputation for exceptional sherry matured single malts, and can be considered as a no-frills, good value alternative to Macallan. While...

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