Balvenie Distillery

The Convalmore distillery was located in the heart of Speyside, between the Glenfiddich & Craigellachie distilleries. It was founded in 1893 or 1894 by the Convalmore-Glenlivet Distillery Co. Ltd. The Distillery closed in 1985. The ownership of the old distillery buildings and the surrounding site transferred from United Distillers to William Grant & Sons in 1990. Apparently they had no Read more...

In the summer of 1886 our founder, William Grant, set out to fulfil a lifelong ambition of creating the best dram in the valley. With the help of his seven sons and two daughters, William built his distillery in a single year. Their hard work was rewarded on Christmas Day 1887 when the first drop of spirit flowed from the Read more...

Glendullan is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Glendullan Distillery in the Speyside region. It is relatively unknown as a single malt whisky. Diageo re-launches three different single malt whiskies under the name ‘Singleton’ – aimed at three different continents. The Singleton of Glendullan malt whisky is available in the USA while customers in Europe can enjoy a Read more...

The Kininvie Distillery, one of the youngest distilleries in Scotland, began production on 4 July 1990. William Grant & Sons, in 2005, introduced a premium blended malt whisky called Monkey Shoulder, which is created from a mixture of single malt from Kininvie, together with single malts from the Balvenie and Glenfiddich distilleries, both of which are owned by William Grant Read more...

The Mortlach distillery was founded in 1823 by James Findlater in Dufftown, Banffshire. The Mortlach distillery was the first distillery in Dufftown, pre-dating the next one (Glenfiddich) by over four decades. In 2013 Diageo announces an £18 million investment plan to substentially increase the capacity at Mortlach distillery and promote it as a standalone single malt. Mortlach malt whisky is Read more...

Pittyvaich distillery was constructed on the same site as the Dufftown distillery. It was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1974 and 1993. Distillery closed in 1993. Originally built to provide malt whisky for blends, Pittyvaich eventually did release an official bottling in 1991. The distillery was demolished in 2002. Pittyvaich malt whisky used to be Read more...

The Dufftown single malt distillery is tucked away between the dense leaves of the Spey Valley. Founded in 1895 as ‘Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery’, the distillery is currently owned by Diageo. Over the years, the town of Dufftown has been home to six distilleries. This high concentration of production has caused conflict, particularly when it comes to water sources. Only 3% of Read more...

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...