You can use this interactive map to check the location
of every active distillery in Scotland. It's also quite
useful for finding new malts to try after you've discovered that you like a specific regional malt style.
Scotland is usually divided into four main malt regions;
Highlands, Islay, Lowlands and Campbeltown.
The Speyside area is 'officially' part of the Highlands,
but also home of over half of all distilleries in Scotland.
That's why it's often treated as a seperate malt region.
Clicking on a selected area of the map will take you to a seperate page
with details about that particular region. On my 'Black Book' page
you'll find some short tasting notes on all the single malts I've
tasted so far. If you have never tasted a single malt, and
wonder what all the fuss is about, you might want
to browse to my Beginner's Guide
.
How to use the map: |
Highlands Balblair |
Highlands Fettercairn |
Speyside Aberlour |
Lowlands Auchentoshan |
Midlands Aberfeldy |
Islay Arbeg |
Campbel- Glen Scotia |
Mull Tobermory |
Orkney Highland Park |
Skye Talisker |
Jura Jura |
Highlands Ben Nevis |
Arran Arran |
If the malt
you're looking
for isn't in the
list, you can be
pretty sure it's a
Speyside malt - or
from a 'silent still'.
J
ust move your mouse over the map.
When you pass a malt region, the
name of that area and a list of
all the active distilleries from
the area appears inside the
oval screen at the left of
the map. If you want to
know more about one
of the regions all you
have to do is CLICK!
This section of Malt
Madness gives you
some information
about the main
malt regions:
Highlands
Speyside
Islay
Lowlands
Campbeltown
But unlike the 'appellation'
system, you cannot tell the
quality of a single malt by its
origins. You can expect certain
characteristics to pop up, though.
Single malt whiskies
are not unlike French
wine and cognac when
we look at the important
part local conditions play.
During the 1980's, a
lot of distilleries were
forced to close down; a
few are listed in light brown.
Interactive Map of Scotland |
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Warning: If the name of a particular single malt doesn't pop up it is most likely a Speyside malt (there are over 50 distilleries there) or the product of a distillery that is no longer active, like Ladyburn or North Port. It's also possible that the name of the single malt is different from that of the distillery, like with the 'Inchmurrin / Old Roshdu' produced by the Loch Lomond Distillery, the 'Singleton' produced by the Auchroisk distillery or the 'Longrow' produced by Springbank Distillery. And then there's the odd name change, for example An Cnoc vs Knockdhu. And finally there's what I'd like to call the 'dubious' single malts where the bottle claims to contain single malt whisky, but the name of the distillery is nowhere to be found on the bottle. Examples are bottlings by MacLeod's and Vintage (not to be confused with the Signatory Vintage series that offers respectable single malts). |
