The Macallan Distillery

The Craigellachie distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Aberlour, Banffshire near the village of Craigellachie at the centre of the Speyside whisky producing area of Scotland. The name Craigellachie means ‘rocky hill’ and refers to the cliff that overlooks the Spey across from The Macallan distillery. Bacardi operates the distillery through its subsidiary Dewar & Sons. Dewar Read more...

A Single malt whisky from the heart of the heart of Speyside. The intimate Aberlour Distillery lies beside the River Spey in the village of Aberlour. Aberlour Single Malts are made from expertly crafted new spirit, usually double cask matured for at least 12 years in the finest hand-picked Oloroso Sherry butts and first fill Bourbon casks. When judged ready Read more...

Glenallachie is one of the younger distilleries in Scotland. It was built in 1967 (partly in 1968) by Mackinlay McPherson Ltd., a subsidiary of Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Glenallachie is located in a part of Speyside that’s especially rich in distilleries. Glenallachie distillery was closed and decommissioned in 1987, just 20 years after it was opened. However, Pernod Ricard Read more...

The Glen Spey distillery was founded in 1884 and acquired at a very early stage, in 1887 by Gilbey’s. The distillery was completely rebuilt in 1970. Apparently, an alternative name for this malt whisky distillery during the early years was Millhaugh. Glen Spey is one of five malt whisky distilleries located in the town of Rothes. The others are Glenrothes, Read more...

At The Glenrothes we believe that whisky is a bit like people; or wine perhaps, in that it matures in casks at its own gentle pace. Sometimes this takes longer than expected, sometimes we are surprised early. But whether it’s a Vintage, a Single Cask or one of our House Reserves, we only ever bottle The Glenrothes when we deem Read more...

The first filling of Speyburn Single Malt Scotch Whisky coincided with the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. To be certain that it was made for the Jubilee, men worked through the night in a heavy snowstorm and managed to produce one single barrel. Speyburn continues to use traditional distillation methods that created the single barrel of the 1897 vintage. Read more...

Located in the idyllic Speyside town of Rothes, the Glen Grant distillery is one of the top five best selling distilleries in the world. Glen Grant has a bit of a dual personality, being both a highly acclaimed single malt distillery, and also a powerhouse for the production of single malt to be used in the Chivas blends. Previously owned Read more...

The Caperdonich distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1898 and 1902, and then again between 1965 and 2002. Caperdonich whisky was a component of some blends of Chivas Regal. The distillery was sold to Seagram in 1977, and sold again to Pernod Ricard in 2001. One year after purchasing Caperdonich, Pernod Ricard closed the Read more...