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Scotch whisky is distilled from water, cereals and yeast. It must be matured for three years or more before bottling, and bottled at 40% or more alcohol by volume. There are five single malt producing regions, namely Campbeltown, Highland, Islay, Lowland and Speyside.

Currently operating distilleries

As of June 2025, there are 152 whisky distilleries operating in Scotland.

Malt whisky distilleries

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

!style="text-align:left" | Distillery

!style="text-align:left" | Location

!style="text-align:left" | Region

!Founded

! style="text-align:left" | Owner

|-

||Aberargie||Aberargie||Lowland

|2017||Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers

|-

||Aberfeldy||Aberfeldy||Highland

|1896||John Dewar & Sons

|-

||Aberlour||Aberlour||Speyside

|1879||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Abhainn Dearg||Uig, Isle of Lewis||Island

|2008||Mark Tayburn

|-

||Ailsa Bay||Girvan||Lowland

|2009||William Grant & Sons

|-

||Allt-A-Bhainne||Glenrinnes||Speyside

|1975||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Annandale||Annan||Lowland

|1836||Annandale Distillery Company

|-

||Arbikie||Inverkeilor||Highland

|2013||Arbikie Highland Estate

|-

||Ardbeg||Port Ellen||Islay

|1815||LVMH

|-

|Ardgowan

|Inverkip

|Lowland

|1896

| Ardgowan Distillery Company

|-

||Ardmore||Kennethmont||Highland

|1898||Suntory Global Spirits

|-

||Ardnahoe||Port Askaig||Islay

|2019||Hunter Laing & Company

|-

|Ardnamurchan

|Ardnamurchan

|Highland

|2014

|Adelphi Distillery Co

|-

|Ardross

|Alness

|Highland

|2019

|Greenwood Distillers

|-

||Auchentoshan||Dalmuir||Lowland

|1823||Suntory Global Spirits

|-

||Auchroisk||Mulben||Speyside

|1972||Diageo

|-

||Aultmore||Banffshire||Speyside

|1895||John Dewar & Sons

|-

||Balblair||Edderton||Highland

|1790||Inver House Distillers

|-

|Ballindalloch

|Ballindalloch

|Speyside

|2014

|Ballindalloch Distillery LLP

|-

||Balmaud||Turriff||Highland

| 2024||Balmaud Distillery Co. Ltd.

|-

||Balmenach||Cromdale||Speyside

|1824||Inver House Distillers

|-

||Balvenie||Dufftown||Speyside

|1892||William Grant & Sons

|-

||Ben Cumhaill ()||Dumfries||Lowland

| 2025||Simpson family

|-

||Ben Nevis||Fort William||Highland

|1825||Nikka Whisky Distilling Co Ltd

|-

|Benbecula

|Outer Hebrides

|Island

|2024

|Angus A. MacMillan

|-

||BenRiach||Longmorn, Moray||Speyside

|1898||Brown-Forman

|-

||Benrinnes||Banffshire||Speyside

|1826||Diageo

|-

||Benromach||Forres||Speyside

|1898||Gordon & MacPhail

|-

||Blackness||Linlithgow||Lowland

|2024||Colm O'Rourke

|-

||Bladnoch||Wigtown||Lowland

|1817||David Prior

|-

||Blair Athol||Pitlochry||Highland

|1798||Diageo

|-

|Bonnington

|Edinburgh

|Lowland

|2020

|Halewood Artisanal Spirits

|-

|Borders

|Hawick

|Lowland

|2018

|The Three Stills Company

|-

||Bowmore||Bowmore||Islay

|1779||Suntory Global Spirits

|-

||Braeval||Ballindalloch||Speyside

|1973||Chivas Brothers

|-

|Brora

|Brora

|Highland

|1819

|Diageo

|-

||Bruichladdich||Rhinns of Islay||Islay

|1881||Rémy Cointreau

|-

||Bunnahabhain||Port Askaig||Islay

|1881||Distell

|-

|Burn O'Bennie

|Banchory

|Highland

|2021

|Deeside Brewery & Distillery Ltd.

|-

|Cabrach

|Cabrach

|Speyside

|2024

|The Cabrach Trust

|-

|Cairn||Grantown-on-Spey||Speyside

|2022||Gordon & MacPhail

|-

||Caol Ila||Port Askaig||Islay

|1846||Diageo

|-

||Cardhu||Knockando||Speyside

|1824||Diageo

|-

|Clydeside

|Glasgow

|Lowland

|2017

|Morrison Glasgow Distillers

|-

||Clynelish||Brora||Highland

|1967||Diageo

|-

||Cragganmore||Ballindalloch||Speyside

|1869||Diageo

|-

||Craigellachie||Craigellachie||Speyside

|1891||John Dewar & Sons

|-

||Daftmill||Fife||Lowland

|2005||Francis and Ian Cuthbert

|-

||Dailuaine||Aberlour||Speyside

|1852||Diageo

|-

||Dalmore||Alness||Highland

|1839||Whyte & Mackay

|-

||Dalmunach||Carron||Speyside

|2015||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Dalwhinnie||Dalwhinnie||Highland

|1898||Diageo

|-

||Deanston||Doune||Highland

|1965||Distell

|-

|Deerness

|Deerness

|Island

|2016

|Deerness Distillery Ltd

|-

|Dornoch

|Dornoch

|Highland

|2017

|Dornoch Distillery Company

|-

||Dufftown||Banffshire||Speyside

|1895||Diageo

|-

|Dunphail

|Edinkillie, Moray

|Speyside

|2023

|Bimber

|-

||Eden Mill||Fife||Lowland

|2012||Paul Miller

|-

||Edradour||Pitlochry||Highland

|1825||Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co

|-

||Falkirk||Falkirk||Lowland

|2020||Fiona Stewart

|-

||Fettercairn||Fettercairn||Highland

|1824||Whyte & Mackay

|-

|Galloway

|Galloway

|Lowland

|2017

|Sam Heughan

|-

||Glasgow||Glasgow||Lowland

|2015||The Glasgow Distillery Company

|-

||Glenallachie||Banffshire||Speyside

|1967||The GlenAllachie Distillers Co Limited

|-

||Glenburgie||Moray||Speyside

|1810||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Glencadam||Angus||Highland

|1825||Angus Dundee Distiller

|-

||Glendronach||Aberdeenshire||Highland

|1826||Brown-Forman

|-

||Glendullan||Banffshire||Speyside

|1897||Diageo

|-

||Glen Elgin||Fogwatt, Moray||Speyside

|1898||Diageo

|-

||Glenfarclas||Ballindalloch||Speyside

|1836||J. & G. Grant

|-

||Glenfiddich||Dufftown||Speyside

|1886||William Grant & Sons

|-

||Glen Garioch||Oldmeldrum||Highland

|1797||Suntory Global Spirits

|-

||Glenglassaugh||Portsoy||Highland

|1875||Brown-Forman

|-

||Glengoyne||Dumgoyne||Highland

|1833||Ian Macleod Distillers

|-

||Glen Grant||Rothes||Speyside

|1840||Campari

|-

||Glengyle||Campbeltown||Campbeltown

|1872||Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd

|-

||Glen Keith||Keith||Speyside

|1957||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Glenkinchie||Pencaitland||Lowland

|1837||Diageo

|-

||Glenlivet||Ballindalloch||Speyside

|1824||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Glenlossie||Elgin||Speyside

|1876||Diageo

|-

||Glenmorangie||Tain||Highland

|1843||LVMH

|-

||Glen Moray||Elgin||Speyside

|1897||La Martiniquaise

|-

||Glen Ord||Muir of Ord||Highland

|1838||Diageo

|-

||Glenrothes||Rothes||Speyside

|1879||Edrington

|-

||Glen Scotia||Campbeltown||Campbeltown

|1832||Loch Lomond Group

|-

||Glen Spey||Rothes||Speyside

|1878||Diageo

|-

||Glentauchers||Mulben||Speyside

|1897||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Glenturret||Crieff||Highland

|1763||Lalique Group

|-

||GlenWyvis||Dingwall||Highland

|2015||GlenWyvis Distillery Ltd.

|-

|Harris

|Tarbert

|Island

|2015

|Isle of Harris Distillers Ltd.

|-

||Highland Park||Kirkwall||Island

|1798||Edrington

|-

||Holyrood||Edinburgh||Lowland

|2019||David Robertson

|-

|Inchdairnie

|Glenrothes

|Lowland

|2015

|John Fergus & Co.

|-

||Inchgower||Buckie||Speyside

|1871||Diageo

|-

|Jackton

|Jackton

|Lowland

|2020

|RAER Spirits

|-

||Jura||Craighouse, Jura||Island

|1810||Whyte & Mackay

|-

||Kilchoman||Kilchoman||Islay

|2005||Kilchoman Distillery Company

|-

|Kimbland

|Sanday

|Island

|2017

|Kimbland Distillery Ltd

|-

||Kingsbarns||Kingsbarns||Lowland

|2014||The Kingsbarns Company of Distillers

|-

||Kininvie||Dufftown||Speyside

|1990||William Grant & Sons

|-

||Knockando||Knockando||Speyside

|1898||Diageo

|-

||Knockdhu||Knock||Speyside

|1894||Inver House Distillers

|-

||Kythe||Blairgowrie||Lowland

| 2025||Kythe Distillery Co.

|-

|Lagg

|Lagg

|Island

|2019

|Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.

|-

||Laggan Bay||Islay||Islay

| 2026||Ian MacLeod Distillers

|-

||Lagavulin||Port Ellen||Islay

| 1816||Diageo

|-

||Laphroaig||Port Ellen||Islay

| 1815||Suntory Global Spirits

|-

|Lerwick

|Lerwick

|Island

|2022

|Lerwick Distillery Ltd

|-

|Leven

|Leven

|Lowland

|2013

|Diageo

|-

|Lindores Abbey

|Newburgh

|Lowland

|2017

|Lindores Distilling Co.

|-

||Linkwood||Elgin||Speyside

| 1821||Diageo

|-

||Lochlea||Ayrshire||Lowland

| 2018||Neil McGeoch

|-

||Lochranza||Lochranza||Island

|1995||Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.

|-

||Loch Lomond||Alexandria||Highland

| 1964||Loch Lomond Group

|-

||Longmorn||Elgin||Speyside

| 1893||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Macallan||Craigellachie||Speyside

| 1824||Edrington

|-

||Macduff||Banff||Highland

| 1960||John Dewar & Sons

|-

||Mannochmore||Elgin||Speyside

| 1971||Diageo

|-

||Miltonduff||Elgin||Speyside

| 1824||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Moffat||Moffat||Lowland

| 2023||Dark Sky Spirits

|-

||Mortlach||Dufftown||Speyside

| 1823||Diageo

|-

|Nc’nean

|Lochlaline

|Highland

|2017

|Drimnin Distillery Company

|-

||North Point||Thurso||Highland

| 2023||North Coast Distillers Ltd.

|-

|North Uist

|Benbecula

|Island

|2024

|North Uist Distillery Company

|-

||Oban||Oban||Highland

| 1794||Diageo

|-

||Orkney||Kirkwall||Island

| 2018||Orkney Distilling Ltd.

|-

|Port Ellen

|Port Ellen

|Islay

|1825

|Diageo

|-

|Port of Leith

|Edinburgh

|Lowland

|2023

|Muckle Brig

|-

||Pulteney||Wick||Highland

| 1826||Inver House Distillers

|-

||Raasay||Isle of Raasay||Island

| 2014||R&B Distillers

|-

|Rosebank

|Falkirk

|Lowland

|1798

|Ian Macleod Distillers

|-

||Roseisle||Roseisle||Speyside

| 2010||Diageo

|-

|Royal Brackla

|Nairn

|Highland

|1812

|John Dewar & Sons

|-

||Royal Lochnagar||Ballater||Highland

| 1845||Diageo

|-

|Saxa Vord

|Unst

|Island

|2015

|Shetland Distillery Company

|-

||Scapa||Kirkwall||Island

| 1885||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Speyburn||Rothes||Speyside

| 1897||Inver House Distillers

|-

||Speyside||Drumguish||Speyside

| 1990||Harvey's of Edinburgh Ltd.

|-

||Springbank||Campbeltown||Campbeltown

| 1828||J&A Mitchell & Company

|-

|Stannergill

|Caithness

|Highland

|2025

|Dunnet Bay Distillers

|-

||Stirling||Stirling||Lowland

| 2015||June & Cameron McCann

|-

||Strathearn||Methven||Highland

| 2013||Douglas Laing & Co.

|-

||Strathisla||Keith||Speyside

| 1786||Chivas Brothers

|-

||Strathmill||Keith||Speyside

| 1891||Diageo

|-

||Talisker||Carbost, Isle of Skye||Island

| 1830||Diageo

|-

||Tamdhu||Knockando||Speyside

| 1897||Ian Macleod Distillers

|-

||Tamnavulin||Tomnavoulin||Speyside

| 1966||Whyte & Mackay

|-

||Teaninich||Alness||Highland

| 1817||Diageo

|-

||Tiree||Tiree||Island

| 2019||Tiree Whisky Company Ltd.

|-

||Tobermory||Tobermory, Isle of Mull||Island

| 1798||Distell

|-

||Tomatin||Tomatin||Highland

| 1897||Takara Shuzo Co

|-

||Tomintoul||Ballindalloch||Speyside

| 1964||Angus Dundee Distiller

|-

||Torabhaig||Teangue, Isle of Skye||Island

| 2017||Mossburn Distillers

|-

||Tormore||Grantown-on-Spey||Speyside

| 1958||Elixir Distillers

|-

||Toulvaddie||Fearn||Lowland

| 2022||Heather & Bobby Nelson

|-

||Tullibardine||Blackford||Highland

| 1949||Picard Vins & Spiritueux

|-

|Uile-bheist ()

|Inverness

|Highland

|2023

|Victoria and John Erasmus

|-

||Wolfburn||Thurso||Highland

| 1822||Aurora Brewing

|-

|8 Doors

|John O’Groats

|Highland

|2022

|Kerry and Derek Campbell

|}

Note: The Scotch Whisky Association considers the Island region as part of the Highlands region.

Grain whisky distilleries

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

!style="text-align:left" | Distillery

!style="text-align:left" | Location

!Founded

! style="text-align:left" | Owner

|-

||Cameronbridge||Fife

|1824||Diageo

|-

|Girvan

|Girvan

|1963

|William Grant & Sons

|-

||Invergordon||Easter Ross

|1959||Whyte & Mackay

|-

||Loch Lomond||Alexandria

|1964||Loch Lomond Group

|-

||North British||Edinburgh

|1885||Diageo/Edrington

|-

|Reivers

|Tweedbank

|2018

|Mossburn Distillers Ltd.

|-

||Starlaw||Livingston

|2010||La Martiniquaise

|-

||Strathclyde||Glasgow

|1927||Chivas Brothers

|}

Closed distilleries

Former malt distilleries

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

!style="text-align:left" | Distillery

!style="text-align:left" | Location

!style="text-align:left" | Region

!style="text-align:left" | Year closed

|-

||Adelphi|||Glasgow||Lowland

|1907, demolished 1970

|-

|Albyn

|Millknowe

|Campbeltown

|1920, demolished 1929

|-

|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

|-

|BrewDog

|Ellon

|Highland

|2026, continued to function as a brewery

|-

|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

|-

||Chain Pier||Edinburgh||Lowland

|2019, only operated for a few months between 2018-19

|-

||Coleburn||Elgin||Speyside

|1985, plans for the distillery to reopen in 2027

|-

||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, plans for the distillery to reopen in 2025

|-

|Dean

|Edinburgh

|Lowland

|1922, demolished

|-

|Devanha

|Aberdeen

|Highland

|1915, demolished

|-

|Drumcaldie

|Fife

|Lowland

|1903, demolished 1988

|-

|Drumore

|Campbeltown

|Campbeltown

|1847, demolished

|-

|Edinburgh

|Edinburgh

|Lowland

|1925, demolished

|-

||Finnieston||Glasgow||Lowland

|1827, demolished

|-

||Fortrose||Fortrose||Highland

|1852, 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

|-

||Glen Flagler||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 1991

|-

|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 1993

|-

|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

|-

||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

|-

|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, converted into a whisky warehouse facility

|-

|Provanmill

|Glasgow

|Lowland

|1922, demolished 1953

|-

|Saucel

|Paisley

|Lowland

|1915, demolished

|-

|Springside

|Campbeltown

|Campbeltown

|1926, demolished

|-

||St. Magdalene||Linlithgow||Lowland

|1983, buildings were 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

|}

Former grain distilleries

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

!style="text-align:left" | Distillery

!style="text-align:left" | Location

! style="text-align:left" | Year closed

|-

||Caledonian||Haymarket||1988, demolished

|-

||Cambus||Tullibody||1993, converted into a whisky warehouse facility and cask filling operation

|-

||Carsebridge||Alloa||1983, demolished 1990

|-

||Dumbarton||West Dunbartonshire||2002, demolished 2017

|-

|Dundashill

|Glasgow

|1902, merged with Port Dundas distillery

|-

|Garnheath

|Airdrie

|1986, demolished 1986

|-

|Gartloch

|Chryston

|1920, demolished

|-

|Kirkliston

|Kirkliston

|1920, buildings have remained intact

|-

|North of Scotland

|Cambus

|1980, demolished 1993

|-

||Port Dundas||Glasgow||2010, demolished 2011

|}

See also

  • Scotch whisky
  • List of historic whisky distilleries
  • List of whisky brands
  • Outline of whisky

References

Bibliography

  • Pronunciation guide
  • Distillery list A to Z
  • Whiskypedia