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Lowland
The protected Scotch whisky region south of the Highland line set out in law. Continuous stills were first adopted in Scotland here.
Character
Diverse, with many new distilleries (Scotch Whisky Association).
Definition and history
"Lowland" is the part of Scotland south of the Highland line set out in the Regulations. The Scotch Whisky Association describes it as the area south of a line between Dundee and Greenock and notes many new distilleries there. Continuous stills were first adopted in the Lowlands in the 1830s, Grange being the first Scottish distillery to install a Coffey still, in 1834.
How it connects
Method
- related Column still (Coffey still)
Maker
- in Daftmill
- in Kingsbarns
- in Bladnoch
- in Annandale
- in Lochlea
- in Holyrood
- in The Clydeside
- in Port of Leith
- in Falkirk
- in The Glasgow Distillery
- in InchDairnie
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- CountryUnited Kingdom97 entries in the atlas so far
- MethodColumn still (Coffey still)Distillation
- RegionScotlandScotland (United Kingdom), United Kingdom
- StoryA history of rumBarbados
- MakerAnnandale1836; revived 2014
- MakerBladnochlicensed 1817
- MakerThe Clydesidefirst distillation 6 November 2017
- MakerDaftmilllicensed 30 November (St Andrew's Day) 2005
- MakerFalkirkfully operational July 2020
- MakerThe Glasgow Distillerycompany formed 2012; malt whisky from spring 2015