A few distilleries (Ardbeg, for example) managed to come back to life since then, but the majority
(Banff, Dallas Dhu, Glen Albyn, Glenlochy, Glen Mhor, etc.) were demolished or closed permanently.
Silent distilleries lead a strange sort of half-life. Because some casks of malt whisky are left alone
to mature in peace for two or three decades, new bottlings
from 'silent stills' like Brora, Port Ellen
or Saint Magdalene are still being released today. So, although stocks are diminishing, you're still
able to buy a bottle of 'history'. That's why I included some silent stills on the list in light brown.
Orkney Highland Park
At the moment there |
When you move your Clicking on a selected
mouse across the map
at the right and hover
over a region, the name
of that region and a list
of the active distilleries
in the region appears
inside this 'screen'.
If you want to know
more about one of
the regions all you
have to do is CLICK!
area of the map will
take you to a seperate
page with details about
that particular region.
Easy enough, eh?
Skye Talisker Skye is one of the |
Islay Arbeg
The 'peaty' character |
Jura Isle of Jura Just like Mull, Arran |
Highlands Ben Nevis The Western Highlands |
Mull Tobermory (Ledaig) There's only one |
Midlands Aberfeldy The Midlands are the |
Speyside Aberlour |
Highlands Fettercairn Most Eastern Higlands |
Lowlands Auchentoshan Most Lowland distilleries |
Highlands Balblair |
Arran Arran The (only) distillery on |
Campbeltown Glengyle The Campbeltown |
When the name of a distillery you're looking for doesn't appear on the map, chances are that
the distillery doesn't operate anymore. During the economic crisis of the early 1980's many of
the Scottish distilleries were forced to close down. Especially 1983 was a bad year for single
malt lovers. Over a dozen distilleries were mothballed or closed permanently in that year alone.
Fortunately, most of the distilleries listed in this site section are still active.
You can find more information about individual distilleries in the Distillery Data section.
Visit the pages that are dedicated to Speyside, the Highlands, the Lowlands, Islay or
Campbeltown to learn a little more about each of Scotland's traditional whisky regions.
Scotland isn't the only place in the world where whisky is distilled - far from it, actually.
Check out the
Deviant Drams section for info about some 'foreign' whiskies from Australia
, Canada, France,
Germany, Holland, India,
Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and the USA.
If you ask me, precious few of the distillers in these countries have managed to match the 'real thing' from
Scotland yet, but especially the Irish, the Japanese and some antipodeans are getting closer and closer.
Despite my wisdom and omnipotence I tend to
forget that there are people who are not quite
as wise and potent as me... In fact, some of you
might not realise what on earth I'm thinking about
when I mention Amsterdam or 'the woods'. Apart
from the 'main' map of Scotland at the top of this
page I've added the second map at the right to give
those of you less familiar with the precise geography of
our little corner of Europe (Holland, France and the UK)
an idea of the backdrop of most of my alcoholic adventures.
As you can see, 'the woods' I often mention in the entries
in my Liquid Log are clearly visible from space; unlike quiet
little towns like Edinburgh and Amsterdam or something like
the great wall of China. This map also shows that my fellow
malt maniacs Alexander
(Holland), Serge, Olivier and Martine
(France) and Charles,
Dave and Lex (United Kingdom) live
'right around the corner', so to speak. And the maniacs in
Germany, Sweden and Italy live relatively nearby as well.
Does that make the malt maniacs a little 'eurocentric'?
I suppose it does - but as the 'credentials' section proves
we have maniacs in North-America, Asia and Australia too.
So, we try to keep a global perspective...
