Isle of Islay
Current Owners UDV
Location Islay
Water source Leorin Lochs
Status Closed
1825 Established by Alexander Mackay
1836 Sold to John Ramsay
1920 Acquired by Port Ellen Distillery Co. Ltd
1927 Taken over by Distiller Company Ltd (DCL) and subsequently mothballed
1967 Resurrected and renovated by licencees Low Robertson & Co (Edinburgh). Still doubled to four
1973 Large malting facility built opposite the distillery
1983 Distillery mothballed
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