Tag: distillery

Littlemill – the first licensed distillery in Scotland

The Littlemill distillery in Bowling, Scotland.

Littlemill, the first and oldest licensed distillery in Scotland, now silent, was sited in Bowling, a village between Dumbarton and Clydebank on the banks of the river Clyde. Local records show that on November 2, 1773, Robert Muir of Littlemiln was granted the first ever licence by the Government of King George III to ‘retail […]

Glenlochy distillery: from 1898 to today’s rare releases

The Glenlochy Distillery in Fort William

Founded in 1898 by David McAndie of Nairn, Glenlochy distillery, was sited in Fort William, in the shadow of Ben Nevis, across the road from the Ben Nevis distillery. The distillery was built just as the Pattinson Crash ended years of speculation and overproduction in Scottish whisky distilling, to begin production in 1901. With its […]