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Caol Ila Distillery

Caol Ila Dis­tillery is a Scotch whisky dis­tillery near Port Askaig on the isle of Islay, Scotland.

His­tory

Caol Ila (Gaelic for “Sound of Islay” and pro­nounced cull eela) was founded in 1846 by Hec­tor Hen­der­son. The dis­tillery did not…

Ardbeg Distillery

Ard­beg Dis­tillery is a Scotch whisky dis­tillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay.

Other dis­til­leries on the south coast include Laphroaig and Lagavulin. Ard­beg claims to be the peati­est Islay whisky, and uses malted bar­ley sourced from the…

Talisker Distillery

Talisker Dis­tillery is located at Car­bost, Scot­land; the only dis­tillery on the Isle of Skye. The dis­tillery is oper­ated by United Dis­tillers and Vint­ners for Dia­geo, and is mar­keted as part of their Clas­sic Malts series.

His­tory

The dis­tillery was…

Oban Distillery

Oban Dis­tillery is a whisky dis­tillery in the Scot­tish west coast port of Oban. The town of Oban in Argyll sprung up around the dis­tillery after it was built. The dis­tillery only has two pot stills, mak­ing it one of…

Inchgower Distillery

Inch­gower is a whisky dis­tillery pro­duc­ing a sin­gle malt of the same name located on the out­skirts of Buckie, Moray, Scotland.

The dis­tillery was built in 1871 to replace Tochineal Dis­tillery but liq­ui­dated in 1903. Buckie Coun­cil pur­chased the concern…

Glen Ord Distillery

Glen Ord is the only remain­ing sin­gle malt Scotch whisky dis­tillery on the Black Isle in the High­lands of Scot­land. It is located in the vil­lage of Muir of Ord, about 18 mi (29 km) west by north­west of Inverness…

Knockando Distillery

Knockando is located at Moray, in the Strath­spey whisky pro­duc­ing area of Scotland.

Knockando Dis­tillery was built by John Thomp­son in 1898, and is named after the vil­lage in which it stands. The name derives from Scot­tish Gaelic Cnoc-an-dhu, meaning…