Closed Scotch Whisky distilleries
Rosebank Distillery
The official year of foundation for the Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk is 1840, but whisky was already being distilled on the same site, conveniently located on the banks of the Forth-Clyde Canal, at the end of the 18th century. Rosebank distilled using the three-stage distillation process typical of the Lowlands. At the end of the 20th century; 1993 was the end...
Islay Whisky Distilleries
The Islay whisky distilleries at a glance:
Which distilleries produce the legendary Islay whisky and what makes them different. We present all nine Islay single malt whisky distilleries.
Lagavulin:
Lagavulin is one of the more heavily peated single malt whiskies on Islay. The phenol content in the malt is around 35-40 ppm. In addition...
Japanese whisky
When Scotch whisky conquered the world in the second half of the 19th century, its success naturally aroused desires and other nations also wanted to distil their whisky. First and foremost the Japanese. Two men played a special role in this endeavour and are responsible for the history of Japanese whisky...
Whisky categories
What types of whisky are there? Most whiskies are roughly categorised according to their origin. Of course, there are also major differences between two whiskies from Scotland, for example. But to get an overview, it makes sense to categorise them by country. The spelling of the...
Production of single malt
In the production of Scotch whisky, i.e. the whiskies that come from Scotland and are matured there, there are basically two different categories. The first is grain whisky and the second is malt whisky. If both types of whisky are mixed together, blended Scotch is created. If malt or grain whisky...

