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Japanese Whisky

Japanese Whisky

By Tim Forbes May 26, 2026

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...

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Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery - Filey Bay

Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery - Filey Bay

By Tim Forbes Feb 26, 2026

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...

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Clydeside Distillery

Clydeside Distillery

By Tim Forbes Feb 12, 2026

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...

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Cameronbridge Distillery

Cameronbridge Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 29, 2025

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...

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Bruichladdich Distillery

Bruichladdich Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 28, 2025

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...

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Braeval Distillery

Braeval Distillery

By Tim Forbes Aug 27, 2025

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,...

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Bowmore Distillery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 several other short-lived internal malt whisky projects, such as Killyloch and...

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Banff Distillery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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