Welcome to the 'Global Malt Lex-icon', an overview of all malt whisky distilleries in the whole wide world.
The Lex-icon is edited by Lex Kraaijeveld (world renowned specialist in exotic whiskies and fruit flies) who
also writes the articles for the special 'World Whiskies' sub-section of the library. We have tried to compile
a comprehensive overview of all MALT whisky distilleries in the world - we haven't included distilleries that
produce other alcoholic beverages like grain whisky, bourbon, rum, etc. These days, the fine art of malt
whisky distillation has spread all around the world; you can find malt distilleries in the rest of Europe but
malt whisky has made it to Asia, Africa, Australia, North America and South America as well. Quite a trip...
For your browsing convenience, a more extensive version of the Lex-icon is available for download too.
Lex has produced a 'checklist' version of the Lex-icon in PDF format you can use to cross distilleries off.
And that were all the active (and recently closed) malt whisky distilleries in Scotland (at least the ones we know of).
You can find some more information about these Scottish malt whisky distilleries in the Distillery Data section of Malt Madness.
On this page you can find all 'essentials' about the malt distilleries (active & inactive) situated outside Scotland.
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Global Malt Lex-icon |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Bushmills |
18th? |
P |
Bushmills |
Diageo |
www.bushmills.com |
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St. George's |
21st |
P |
NBY |
Norfolk Whisky Co. |
www.norfolkwhisky.co.uk |
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Penderyn |
21st |
F |
Penderyn |
Welsh Whisky Co. |
www.welsh-whisky.co.uk |
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Penhallow |
21st |
P |
NBY |
Cornish Cyder Farm |
www.thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk |
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Ortner |
20th |
E |
Nock-Land |
Roggenhof |
www.wob.at |
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Pur.e |
21st |
P |
NBY |
Pur.e |
www.belgianwhisky.com |
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Stock |
20th |
? |
FBO |
Stock Plzen |
www.stock.cz |
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Braunstein |
21st |
E |
Braunstein |
Braunstein |
www.braunstein.dk |
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Pori |
20th |
P |
Old Buck |
? |
? |
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Bertrand |
21st |
E |
Uberach |
Bertrand |
www.distillerie-bertrand.com |
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Blaue Maus (5) |
20th |
E |
Blaue Maus... |
Blaue Maus |
www.fleischmann-whisky.de |
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Us Heit |
21st |
P |
Frysk Hynder |
Bierbrouwerij Us Heit |
www.usheitdistillery.nl |
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Molino del Arco |
20th |
P |
FBO |
Destilerias Y Crianza |
? |
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Mackmyra |
20th |
P |
Mackmyra |
Mackmyra |
www.mackmyra.se |
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Bauernhof |
20th |
E |
Swissky |
Bauernhof |
www.swissky.ch |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Drayman's |
21st |
P |
NBY |
Drayman's Brewery |
www.draymans.com/whisky/intro.html |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Amrut |
20th |
P |
Amrut |
Amrut |
? |
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Gotemba |
20th |
P |
Fuji-Gotemba |
Kirin |
www.kirin.co.jp |
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Murree |
19th |
P |
Murree |
Murree Brewery |
www.murreebrewery.com |
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Jinro |
20th |
P |
FBO |
? |
No |
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Yuan Shan |
21st |
P |
NBY |
Ilan Distillery |
? |
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Tekel |
20th |
? |
Ankara |
Tekel |
www.tekel.gov.tr |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Bakery Hill |
21st |
P |
Bakery Hill |
Bakery Hill |
www.bakeryhilldistillery.com.au |
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Southern |
21st |
P |
Coaster |
Southern Distilleries |
www.hokonuiwhiskey.com |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Glenora |
20th |
P |
Glen Breton |
Glenora |
www.glenoradistillery.com |
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Anchor (12) |
20th |
P |
Old Potrero |
Anchor Brewery |
www.anchorbrewing.com |
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Stranahan |
21st |
P |
Stranahan's |
Stranahan's |
www.stranahanscoloradowhiskey.com |
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Triple Eight |
21st |
? |
NBY |
Cisco Brewers |
www.ciscobrewers.com |
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Woodstone Creek |
21st |
? |
NBY |
Woodstone Creek |
www.woodstonecreek.com |
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Bendistillery |
20th |
? |
NBY |
Bendistillery |
www.bendistillery.com |
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Copper Fox |
21st |
P |
Wasmund's |
Copper Fox |
www.copperfox.biz |
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Distillery |
Status |
Stills |
Brand(s) |
Ownership |
Website |
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Busnello |
20th |
? |
FBO |
? |
? |
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Capurro |
20th |
? |
FBO |
ANCAP |
www.ancap.com.uy/ingles/ |
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La Miel |
20th |
? |
FBO |
Seagram |
? |
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A few footnotes; (1) - Cooley distillery in Ireland produces an extensive range of brands. (2) - Theoretically, Midleton distillery in Ireland distills 'for blending only' (FBO). (3) - The Roggenhof distillery in Austria uses both rye and barley for two different whiskies. (4) - Distillerie des Menhirs in France uses a mixture of malted and unmalted buckwheat for their 'Eddu' whisky. (5) - The German 'Blaue Maus' distillery has released a wide range of bottlings under sometimes hilarious names. (6) - Whiskyschip isn't a 'distillery' in the sense that it's a seperate building you can visit. It's a 'still set'. (7) - The only African malt distillery (we know of) used to be the James Sedgwick Distillery in South Africa. (8) - The Indian distilleries Kasauli and Mohan Nagar use both pot stills (P) and column stills (Co). (9) - The Tasmania Distillery in, you guessed it, Tasmania, produces the Sullivan's Cove and Old Hobart brands. (10) - The Kittling Ridge distillery produces 'Forty Creek' Canadian whiskies containing the malt whisky. (11) - Brands from the Okanagan distillery in Canada are Glen Ogopogo (seriously) and perhaps (?) Long Wood. (12) - The Anchor distillery (California, USA) uses rye instead of barley. And that's it for now. Do you know of a malt whisky distillery we haven't covered? Or have you spotted an error? |
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Meanwhile, here's a short 'legend' for the colours and abbreviations used below.
DISTILLERY = Well, that's pretty self explanatory. Old brown is for silent stills, fresh green for very recent projects.
STATUS = Indicates the century in which the distillery was established; green for active, red for inactive distilleries.
STILLS = The type of stills; Pot (P), Column (Co), Charentais (Ch), Faraday (F), Eau-de-vie (E) and Jenever (J).
BRANDS
= The brands or 'labels' of the available whiskies, if not 'For Blending Only' (FBO) or 'Not Bottled Yet' (NBY).
WEBSITE = The URL of the website, plain and simple. Please let us know if you know a site we haven't listed.
So, without further ado, we give you...
Aberfeldy
Aberlour
Allt-A-Bhainne
Ardbeg
Ardmore
Arran
Auchentoshan
Auchroisk (Singleton)
Aultmore
Balblair
Balmenach
Balvenie
Banff
Ben Nevis
Benriach
Benrinnes
Benromach
Ben Wyvis
Bladnoch
Blair Athol
Bowmore
Brackla (Royal)
Braes of Glenlivet
Brora
Bruichladdich
Bunnahabhain
Caol Ila
Caperdonich
Cardhu
Clynelish
Coleburn
Convalmore
Cragganmore
Craigellachie
Daftmill
Dailuaine
Dallas Dhu
Dalmore
Dalwhinnie
Deanston
Dufftown
Edradour
Fettercairn
Glen Albyn
Glenallachie
Glenburgie
Glencadam
Glencraig
Glendronach
Glendullan
Glen Elgin
Glenfarclas
Glenfiddich
Glen Flagler
Glen Garioch
Glenglassaugh
Glengoyne
Glen Grant
Glengyle
Glen Keith
Glenkinchie
Glenlivet
Glenlochy
Glenlossie
Glen Mhor
Glenmorangie
Glen Moray
Glen Ord
Glenrothes
Glen Scotia
Glen Spey
Glentauchers
Glenturret
Glenugie
Glenury Royal
Highland Park
Hillside / Glenesk
Imperial
Inchgower
Inverleven
(Isle of) Jura
Kilchoman
Killyloch
Kinclaith
Kininvie
Knockando
Knockdhu (An Cnoc)
Ladyburn
Lagavulin
Laphroaig
Linkwood
Littlemill / Dunglass
Loch Ewe
Loch Lomond
Lochnagar
Lochside
Longmorn
Macallan
MacDuff (Glen Deveron)
Mannochmore
Millburn
Miltonduff
Mortlach
Mosstowie
North Port / Brechin
Oban
Pittyvaich
Port Ellen
Pulteney
Rosebank
Saint Magdalene
Scapa
Speyburn
Speyside (Drumguish)
Springbank (Longrow)
Strathisla
Strathmill
Talisker
Tamdhu
Tamnavulin
Teaninich
Tobermory (Ledaig)
Tomatin
Tomintoul
Tormore
Tullibardine
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