Speyside Single Scotch Malt Whisky

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.

This index page for the Speyside region has been split into 3 pages.

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

Imperial Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Established in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie owner of the Dailuaine distillery on Speyside.

Inchgower Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Inchgower Distillery was constructed as a replacement for the Tochineal distillery (1824) near Cullen, which had been closed due to a shortage of water.

Kininvie Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

The name comes from the nearby Kininvie estate. Built in 1990 by William Grant &Sons Ltd next to their Balvenie and Glenfiddich distilleries.

Knockando Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Linkwood Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Longmorn Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

The founder of Longmorn Distillery was John Duff, In 1876 Duff and two partners formed John Duff & Co, and built the Glenlossie distilleryn.

Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Macduff Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

The distillery was built in 1962 by a consortium of businessmen which included George Crawford, Morty Dykes and Brodie Hepburn.

Mannochmore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Millburn Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

A Mr Welsh allegedly established the Millburn in 1807.located on the eastern side of Inverness on the banks of the Mill Burn.

Miltonduff Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Pittyvaich Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Royal Brackla Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Captain William Fraser founded the distillery at Cawdor in 1812 at the height of the illicit whisky domination.

Speyburn Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Speyburn Single Highland Malt Scotch whisky was first produced on the 15th December 1897,

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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

Strathisla Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Alexander Milne and George Taylor established The Strathisla Distillery in 1786 making it the oldest distillery in Speyside.

Straithmill Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

The Strathmill distillery is located in the town of Keith and was set up in converted mill buildings in 1891.

Tamdhu Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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 Single Malt Scotch 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.

Tomatin Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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

Tomintoul Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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.

Tormore Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery.

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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