History
The Loch Lomond Distillery was founded in 1965/1966 by the Littlemill Distillery Company. An old dyeing plant in the industrial area of Alexandria was rebuilt to run a whiskey distillery. It produces both malt whiskey and grain whiskey.
The distillery went to Barton Brands (USA) in 1971 through the acquisition of Littlemill Distillery Co. In 1982, Amalgates Distilled Products plc (ADP) became the new owner, who closed Loch Lomond two years later and sold it to the Scottish company Loch Lomond Distillery Co. in 1985. They used the distillery from 1987 to produce the whiskey for their large blending company, Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse.
Loch Lomond has been owned by Exponent Private Equity LLP since 2014 and continues to operate as Loch Lomond Group.
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Meaning of the name |
named after the nearby lake |
Whisky region |
Lowland |
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Pronunciation |
Loch Lomend |
Status |
In operation |
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Owner |
Loch Lomond Group (Exponent Private Equity LLP) |
Capacity per year |
ca. 4.750.000 Liter (not fully used) |
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Address |
Loch Lomond Distillery Lomond Industrial Estate, Alexandria G83 0TL |
Style of the house |
Loch Lomond: sweetish, malty, vanilla, oak, fruity Inchmurrin: toffee, mint, eucalyptus, sweetish, a hint of smoke |
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Contact |
www.lochlomondgroup.com +44 (0)1389752781 |
Founding year |
1965 |
Production
The required malt is supplied by large malting and stored in large silos, before is processed in a modern malt mill to grist.
The Loch Lomond Distillery not only produces un-peated whiskeys, but also whiskeys peated one month per year, and is the only distillery to produce malt and grain whiskey.
By the height-adjustable plates (which can also be removed) inside the special stills, whiskeys can be made with different flavors. These are brought to market with different names.
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1 mash tun (full lauter) |
completely made of stainless steel |
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18 wash backs |
stainless steel (10 in the building, 8 outdoors) |
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2 pot stills |
conventional |
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4 spezielle stills |
cylindrical tubes, height-adjustable spirit plates inside |
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1 Coffey still |
Further development of special stills, higher capacity |
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1 spezielle continuous still |
for the production of grain whiskeys |
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Number of distilling operations |
2 |
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water source |
Loch Lomond |
The storage
The malt and grain whiskeys are stored in the distillery's approximately 30 warehouses. The ripening takes place on high shelves, where the grains are stored standing in their barrels.
Available from us:
Rarity: Loch Lomond 0,7l Vintage 1996 bottled 2015 - Single Grain Whisky
Loch Lomond Single Malt Scotch Whisky 0,7l
Loch Lomond 18 years Single Malt Whisky
