This is an incomplete list of whisky distilleries in Scotland. According to the Scotch Whisky Association there were 143 distilleries licensed to produce Scotch whisky as of March 2023. [1]
| Distillery | Location | Founded | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameronbridge | Fife | 1824 | Diageo |
| Girvan | Girvan | 1963 | William Grant & Sons |
| Invergordon | Easter Ross | 1959 | Whyte & Mackay |
| Loch Lomond | Alexandria | 1964 | Loch Lomond Distillery Company |
| North British | Edinburgh | 1885 | Diageo/Edrington |
| Reivers | Tweedbank | 2020 | Mossburn [2] |
| Starlaw | Livingston | 2010 | La Martiniquaise |
| Strathclyde | Glasgow | 1927 | Chivas Brothers |
| Distillery | Location | Region | Year closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelphi | Glasgow | Lowland | 1907, demolished 1970 |
| Albyn | Millknowe | Campbeltown | 1920, demolished 1929 |
| Ardgowan | Grenock | Lowland | 1952, plans for the distillery to reopen in 2024 |
| Ardlussa | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1927, demolished |
| Argyll | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1923, demolished |
| Auchinblae | Auchenblae | Highland | 1929, demolished |
| Auchnagie | Tulliemet | Highland | 1911, demolished |
| Auchtermuchty | Auchtermuchty | Lowland | 1926, buildings have remained intact |
| Auchtertool | Auchtertool | Lowland | 1927, demolished |
| Ballechin | Pitlochry | Highland | 1927, demolished |
| Banff | Banff | Speyside | 1983, demolished 1991 |
| Bankier | Denny | Lowland | 1928, demolished 1981 |
| Benachie | Insch | Highland | 1915, demolished |
| Benmore | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1927, buildings have remained intact |
| Ben Morven | Halkirk | Highland | 1914, demolished |
| Ben Wyvis | Dingwall | Highland | 1977, demolished 1977 |
| Bon Accord | Aberdeen | Highland | 1913, demolished |
| Burnside | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1919, demolished |
| Caledonian | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1842, demolished |
| Campbeltown | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1924, demolished |
| Caperdonich | Rothes | Speyside | 2002, demolished 2010 |
| Clydesdale | Wishaw | Lowland | 1919, demolished 1988 |
| Coleburn | Elgin | Speyside | 1985, converted into a whisky warehouse facility |
| Convalmore | Dufftown | Speyside | 1985, converted into a whisky warehouse facility |
| Dalaruan | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1922, demolished |
| Dalintober | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1925, demolished |
| Dallas Dhu | Forres | Speyside | 1983, museum since 1992 |
| Dean | Edinburgh | Lowland | 1922, demolished |
| Devanha | Aberdeen | Highland | 1915, buildings have remained intact |
| Drumcaldie | Fife | Lowland | 1903, demolished 1988 |
| Drumore | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1847, demolished |
| Dundashill | Glasgow | Lowland | 1902, merged with Port Dundas distillery |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Lowland | 1925, demolished |
| Finnieston | Glasgow | Lowland | 1827, demolished |
| Glen Albyn | Inverness | Highland | 1983, demolished 1988 |
| Glenaden | Old Deer | Highland | 1915, demolished |
| Glencawdor | Nairn | Highland | 1927, demolished 1930 |
| Glencoull | Angus | Highland | 1927, demolished 1934 |
| Glenesk | Montrose | Highland | 1985, demolished 1996 |
| Glenflagler | Airdrie | Lowland | 1985, converted into a whisky warehouse facility |
| Glenfoyle | Gargunnock | Highland | 1923, demolished |
| Glengilp | Ardrishaig | Highland | 1937, demolished 1996 |
| Gleniffer | Elderslie | Lowland | 1894, demolished |
| Glenlochy | Fort William | Highland | 1983, demolished |
| Glenmavis | Bathgate | Lowland | 1910, demolished |
| Glen Mhor | Inverness | Highland | 1983, demolished 1986 |
| Glen Nevis | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1923, demolished |
| Glenramskill | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1854, demolished |
| Glenside | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1926, demolished |
| Glenskiach | Evanton | Highland | 1926, demolished 1933 |
| Glentarras | Langholm | Lowland | 1914, demolished |
| Glenugie | Peterhead | Highland | 1983, demolished 1985 |
| Glenury | Stonehaven | Highland | 1985, demolished |
| Grandtully | Grandtully | Highland | 1910, demolished |
| Grange | Burntisland | Lowland | 1925, demolished 1990 |
| Greenock | Greenock | Lowland | 1915, demolished |
| Highland | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1852, demolished |
| Hazelburn | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1925, demolished 1926 |
| Imperial | Carron | Speyside | 1998, demolished 2013. Dalmunach built on former site. |
| Inverleven | Dumbarton | Lowland | 1991, demolished 2017 |
| Isla | Perth | Highland | 1926, demolished |
| Kinclaith | Glasgow | Lowland | 1976, demolished 1976 |
| Kinloch | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1926, demolished 1928 |
| Kintyre | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1920, demolished |
| Ladyburn | Girvan | Lowland | 1975, demolished 1976 |
| Langholm | Langholm | Lowland | 1917, demolished 1926 |
| Littlemill | Bowling | Lowland | 1992, demolished 2004 |
| Loch Katrine | Glasgow | Lowland | 1920, demolished |
| Lochside | Montrose | Highland | 1992, demolished 2004 |
| Lochhead | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1928, demolished |
| Lochruan | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1925, demolished |
| Longrow | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1896, demolished |
| MacKinnon's Argyll | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1944, demolished |
| Meadowburn | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1882, demolished |
| Millburn | Inverness | Highland | 1985, demolished 1988 |
| Mossfield | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1837, demolished |
| North Port | Brechin | Highland | 1983, demolished 1994 |
| Parkmore | Dufftown | Speyside | 1988, converted into a whisky warehouse facility |
| Pittyvaich | Dufftown | Speyside | 1993, demolished 2002 |
| Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | Islay | 1929, buildings have remained intact |
| Provanmill | Glasgow | Lowland | 1922, demolished 1953 |
| Rieclachan | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1934, demolished |
| Saucel | Paisley | Lowland | 1915, demolished |
| Springside | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1926, demolished |
| St. Magdalene | Linlithgow | Lowland | 1983, converted into apartments |
| Strathdee | Aberdeen | Highland | 1942, demolished |
| Stromness | Orkney | Highland | 1928, demolished 1940 |
| Stronarchie | Forgandenny | Highland | 1928, demolished 1950 |
| Tambovie | Milngavie | Lowland | 1914, demolished 1921 |
| Thistle | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1837, demolished |
| Toberanrigh | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1860, demolished |
| Towiemore | Botriphnie | Highland | 1930, demolished |
| Union | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1850, demolished |
| West Highland | Campbeltown | Campbeltown | 1852, demolished |
| Distillery | Location | Year closed |
|---|---|---|
| Bo'ness | Bo'ness | 1925, demolished |
| Caledonian | Haymarket | 1988, demolished |
| Cambus | Tullibody | 1993, transformed into a cask filling operation and whisky warehouse facility |
| Carsebridge | Alloa | 1983, demolished 1990 |
| Dumbarton | West Dunbartonshire | 2002, demolished 2017 |
| Garnheath | Airdrie | 1986, demolished 1986 |
| Kirkliston | Kirkliston | 1920, buildings have remained intact |
| Gartloch | Chryston | 1920, demolished |
| Port Dundas | Glasgow | 2010, demolished 2011 |
| Yoker | Glasgow | 1927, demolished |
Scotch whisky is malt whisky or grain whisky, made in Scotland.
Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash. Various grains are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, which are typically made of charred white oak. Uncharred white oak casks previously used for the aging of port, rum or sherry are also sometimes used.
Single malt Scotch refers to single malt whisky made in Scotland. To qualify for this category, a whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process and made from a mash of malted barley. Therefore, a single malt means that the whisky has not been blended elsewhere with whisky from other distilleries. As with any Scotch whisky, a single malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years, although most single malts are matured longer.
Speyside single malts are single malt Scotch whiskies, distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland.
Highland Park distillery is the second northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Scotland, located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands.
The Glenlivet distillery is a distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky. It is the oldest legal distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. It was founded in 1824 and has operated almost continuously since.
Talisker distillery is an island single malt Scotch whisky distillery based in Carbost, Scotland on the Minginish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye.
Glenmorangie distillery is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky.
Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was established in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire in 1820, and continued to be produced and bottled at the town's Hill Street plant, once the world's largest bottling plant, until its closure in 2012, a decision announced by Diageo in 2009 which would bring the 190-year association between the brand and Kilmarnock to an end.
Laphroaig distillery is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery. It is named after the area of land at the head of Loch Laphroaig on the south coast of the island of Islay.
Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the third-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery, and 22 miles south of Kimbland Distillery.
William Grant & Sons Ltd is an independent, family-owned Scottish company that distills Scotch whisky and other selected categories of spirits. It was established in 1887 by William Grant, and is run by Grant's descendants as of 2018. It is the largest of the handful of Scotch whisky distillers remaining in family ownership.
Dalwhinnie distillery, situated in the Highland village of Dalwhinnie in Scotland, produces single malt Scotch whisky. Whilst labelled as Highland, as the Dalwhinnie distillery is located in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland Council, it is in the Speyside region - noting that under SWA regulations the full Speyside region falls within the boundaries of the Highlands and so can be labelled as such. The distillery is owned by Diageo.
Cragganmore distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery situated in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire, Scotland.
Ballantine's is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by the Chivas Brothers subsidiary of Pernod Ricard in Dumbarton, Scotland.
Auchentoshan distillery is a single malt whisky distillery in the west of Scotland.
Glen Moray distillery is a Speyside distillery producing single malt scotch whisky. Situated on the banks of the River Lossie in Elgin, Moray the distillery started production in September 1897. It was sold in 2008 by the Glenmorangie Company Ltd. to La Martiniquaise.
Bell's is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was originally produced by Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd and is one of the best selling whiskies in the UK, only slightly behind The Famous Grouse which is the best selling Scotch whisky on the island.
Glen Scotia distillery or sometimes affectionately known as The Scotia or Old Scotia is a distillery that is a producer of single malt Scotch whisky. The distillery was founded in 1832 and is one of just three distilleries left in Campbeltown, the smallest whisky region.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to whisky:
