From just east of Inverness along the coast to Banff and inland lies the Speyside Region, here the Spey Livit and Rothes valleys are home to the classic Speyside single malt distilleries.
With 65 whisky distilleries in the Speyside.
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The distileries I to T on this page.
The Glen distilleries on Speyside Glens
and the A to D distilleries on the Speyside single malt page
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Established in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie owner of the Dailuaine distillery on Speyside.
Inchgower Distillery was constructed as a replacement for the Tochineal distillery (1824) near Cullen, which had been closed due to a shortage of water.
The name comes from the nearby Kininvie estate. Built in 1990 by William Grant &Sons Ltd next to their Balvenie and Glenfiddich distilleries.
John Tytler Thomson established Knockando distillery in 1898 on the lands of Cnoc-an-dhu, gaelic for small black hillock, between the villages of Knockando and Archiestown.
Located in wooded surroundings, just a mile south east of Elgin The distillery was established by Peter Brown in 1821. Named after the old mansion house that it was sited on.
The founder of Longmorn Distillery was John Duff, In 1876 Duff and two partners formed John Duff & Co, and built the Glenlossie distilleryn.
Established by Alexander Reid in 1824 when he obtained a license to operate on a small hill overlooking the River Spey in the village of Craigellachie.
The distillery was built in 1962 by a consortium of businessmen which included George Crawford, Morty Dykes and Brodie Hepburn.
Built by John Haig & Co in 1971 to contribute to Haig’s blends. The Mannochmore Distillery is situated south of Elgin, next door to its older sister distillery, Glenlossie.
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A Mr Welsh allegedly established the Millburn in 1807.located on the eastern side of Inverness on the banks of the Mill Burn.
Established in 1824 by Andrew Peary & Robert Bain the distillery was amongst the first officially licensed distilleries. In 1866 it was sold to William Stuart.
Established by James Findlater, Alexander Gordon & Donald Mackintoshin 1823-24 Mortlach was the first licensed distillery to be built at Dufftown and, until Glenfiddich was constructed in 1887, the only one.
Arthur Bell & Sons built the Pittyvaich distillery in 1975. Last of the 1970s wave of distilleries to be built. Production from the distillery was for Bell’s Blends.
Roseisle Distillery will be Scotland’s first major new distillery for 30 years, costing £40 million; the distillery is part of a £100 million investment programme Diageo is undertaking in Scotland
Captain William Fraser founded the distillery at Cawdor in 1812 at the height of the illicit whisky domination.
Speyburn Single Highland Malt Scotch whisky was first produced on the 15th December 1897,
The distillery takes its name from the original Speyside Distillery in Kingussie, which started in 1895 and was only in only production until 1905 before being demolished in 1911 Now Rebuilt
Alexander Milne and George Taylor established The Strathisla Distillery in 1786 making it the oldest distillery in Speyside.
The Strathmill distillery is located in the town of Keith and was set up in converted mill buildings in 1891.
In 1896, William Grant (Glenrothes) director of Highland Distilleries Co Ltd, purchased land beside the Knockando Burn, Moray, on which to build a whisky distillery.
Tamnavulin Distillery built in 1966 by Invergordon Distillers was the only distillery to be actually built on the banks of the River Livet.
As a result of the downturn in the whisky market at the start of the 1900’s The Tomatin distillery went into liquidation in 1906. However was restarted in 1909 as the New Tomatin Distillers Co
Two firms, Hay & Macleod &Co and W. S. Strong both whisky brokers located in Glasgow, established the Tomintoul Distillery Ltd in 1964. At the time there was a shortage of malt whisky for blending.
Long John Distillers constructed Tormore in the post war whisky boom in 1958 –60 the distillery was the first completely new malt distillery to be built in the Highlands in the 20th century and was obviously intended as a showpiece
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