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Closed Distilleries

Welcome to our closed whisky distillery page. Here you’ll find a fantastic assemblage of classic single malt and single grain whiskies from distilleries that have closed their doors or been...

• Distillery Profiles
• Japanese Whisky

Japanese Whisky

Whisky has been produced in Japan since the late 19th century but the first proper commercial-scale malt whisky distilling commenced with the founding of the country’s oldest distillery, Yamazaki, in...

Brave New Spirits

Brave New Spirits is a young independent whisky bottling company located in the centre of Glasgow. The company released their first whiskies in 2021 and now have several ranges of...

Blended Whisky

The history of Blended Whisky begins, more or less, with two events in the early 1800s: the 1823 Excise Act which enabled illicit Highland distillers to license their distilleries and...

Blended Malt Whisky

Blended Malt Whisky is a mix of two or more single malt whiskies without any grain whisky content in the assemblage.

Single Grain Whisky

The first agreements to control the supply of grain whisky to blenders were in place twenty years before they were formalised in 1877 with the creation of Distillers Company Limited...

Scotch Whisky

Scotch Whisky is a spirit with a minimum alcoholic content of 40% and is distilled in Scotland on Pot Stills and/or Column Stills from malted barley or other grains.

Single Cask Whiskies

Tasting single cask whiskies remains one of the greatest pleasures available to spirits fans, with an almost unlimited potential for discovery.

Independent Bottlers

Even if you’ve never bought a bottle of independently-bottled whisky, if you’re a whisky fan you have a lot to thank them for.

Wolfburn Distillery

The original Wolfburn distillery was a modest 19th century operation located in the town of Thurso, on the Caithness coast at the very top of Scotland, with a brief and...

Aberargie Distillery

The Aberargie distillery was constructed in 2017 by Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers on a family-owned farm in Perthshire in the Scottish Lowlands.

• Distillery Profiles
• English Whisky
• Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery

Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery - Filey Bay

The Spirit of Yorkshire distillery was founded by friends David Thompson and Tom Mellor in 2016, with the distillery’s stillhouse located in the village of Hunmanby near Filey Bay on...

Single Malt Whisky

Single Malt Whisky has existed for centuries, but it’s really only in the last few decades that the popularity of this particular style of whisky has become a truly global...

• Independent Bottlers
• Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers

Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers

Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers is run by a branch of one of the most famous families in the whisky industry. 

• Gordon & MacPhail
• Independent Bottlers

Gordon & MacPhail

Gordon & MacPhail's Discovery Range and ongoing Distillery Labels series still provide whisky fans with nigh-unbeatable value for money. 

• Clydeside Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Lowland Whisky

Clydeside Distillery

After reviving the historic Stronachie single malt name for A.D. Rattray using stock sourced from Benrinnes, the Morrison family founded Morrison Glasgow Distillers to create the Clydeside distillery, which has...

• Peat
• Peated Whisky
• Smoky Whisky

Peated Whisky

Peated whisky is most closely associated with Islay, the Western Hebridean island home of world famous distilleries such as Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg.

• Duncan Taylor
• Independent Bottlers

Duncan Taylor

Following a major brand shakeup in 2011 the Dimensions series took over as Duncan Taylor’s core single malt range.

• Independent Bottlers
• The Whisky Connoisseur

The Whisky Connoisseur

In the early 1990s, The Whisky Connoisseur began releasing a string of superb single cask and small batch single malt whiskies.

• Cameronbridge Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Single Grain Whisky

Cameronbridge Distillery

Cameronbridge single grain distillery has been augmented and expanded several times since the 1960s, when the current still house was built. These expansions included the addition of a third column...

• Bruichladdich Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Islay Whisky

Bruichladdich Distillery

There are however many fantastic independent and official Bruichladdich whiskies dating from the early sixties onwards. Lower production levels would have meant longer more leisurely fermentations along with direct-fired stills...

• Braeval Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Speyside Whisky

Braeval Distillery

Braeval was built by Chivas with blending in mind. For many years it served that purpose well. It was further expanded during the first four years of its life until,...

• Bowmore Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Islay Whisky

Bowmore Distillery

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...

• Caledonian Distillery
• Distillery Profiles
• Single Grain Whisky

Caledonian Distillery

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...