Glasgow got its first working distillery in more than a century in the 2010s and has not stopped since. West of the city the ground changes fast — sea lochs, the Kintyre peninsula, the Trossachs — and the distilleries change with it, from an urban industrial unit to a farm above Campbeltown.
Distilleries in Glasgow, Argyll & the West
Every one with a still house in the region.
The Glasgow Distillery Company
Hillington, Glasgow
The first new distillery in Glasgow in more than a century. Makar was its first product and takes its name from the Scots word for a poet.
Makar Glasgow Gin, Makar Old TomCrossbill Distillery
Glasgow
Built on one idea taken seriously: a gin made from Scottish juniper and Scottish rosehips and nothing else. Named for the bird that lives in the Caledonian pine forest.
Crossbill GinWee Farm Distillery
Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire
A working farm distillery in South Lanarkshire, run by a farmer and a vet, with the still in a converted farm building.
Drover's GinGirvan Distillery
Girvan, Ayrshire
Hendrick’s is distilled at William Grant & Sons’ Girvan site on the Ayrshire coast, in a pair of unusual stills — a Carter-Head and a Bennett. The cucumber and rose are added after distillation, not with the botanicals.
Hendrick's GinBeinn an Tuirc Distillers
Torrisdale, Kintyre
On the Torrisdale Castle estate on the Kintyre peninsula, powered by the estate’s own hydro scheme, with botanicals including sheep sorrel from the grounds.
Kintyre GinMcQueen Distillery
Callander, Trossachs
A family distillery at Callander, at the gateway to the Trossachs, with a range that leans into flavoured expressions.
McQueen GinOther regions
- HighlandsWild. Bold. Unforgettable.
- IslandsDistinctive. Coastal. Pure.
- Speyside & MorayElegant. Refined. Complex.
- Aberdeenshire & the North EastGranite, estate and coast.
- Angus, Dundee & PerthshireField to bottle.
- FifeThe quiet giant.
- Edinburgh & the LothiansHistoric. Creative. Distinctive.
- Borders & the South WestThe overlooked half.