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Plans for the distillery was submitted to Argyll and Bute Council in January 2016. [5] By October 2017, the distillery was under construction, with the foundations completed. [6] The distillery opened in April 2019 and was the first new whisky distillery to open on Islay for 15 years. [1] [7] [8] The distillery was opened by Lord Robertson of ...
Invergordon distillery is a grain whisky distillery located at Invergordon in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The distillery is operated by Whyte & Mackay, which Philippines-based Alliance Global owns. [1] It was established in 1959. [2] The distillery started operations in 1961. [3]
The distillery was founded by George Stewart and is family owned. [4] [5] The distillery was granted planning position in 2010. [2] The distillery's location near the Antonine Wall required additional planning consents. [2] The distillery became fully operational in 2020. [2] The distillery facilities cost £9 million to construct. [8] [6]
The original Ardgowan distillery was founded in 1896 and located in Baker Street, Greenock. [1] Before World War II the distillery was converted to make industrial alcohol that were used in fuel for RAF fighter planes. The distillery was as almost totally destroyed in the Greenock Blitz of 7 May 1941. [2] [3]
The Port Ellen distillery on the fabled whisky island of Islay has reopened decades after closing, spurred by growing thirst for upscale versions of the amber liquor. Why Scotland’s ‘ghost ...
The whisky is distilled in copper pot stills and is matured at the distillery on Raasay in a variety of oak casks. The distillery will produce approximately 200,000 litres of pure alcohol per year. [7] The distillery's flagship brand is Isle of Raasay Single Malt Scotch Whisky released since 2020.
In 2014, the distillery produced Scotland's first commercial potato vodka. [2] [15] [14] The vodka uses a blend of Maris Piper, King Edwards and Cultra potatoes. [16] In 2020, the distillery released a Highland Rye whiskey. [17] [7] On release, the rye whisky was the first commercial rye whisky produced for more than 100 years in Scotland. [18]
Arran distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, Isle of Arran. In 1994 Arran Distillers was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran. [ 2 ]