Distilleries / Scotland
Lochranza (Arran)
Scotland / Islands (Isle of Arran) · Founded 1995
The home of Arran single malt, in Lochranza on the north of the Isle of Arran. It opened in 1995 as the island's first legal distillery in over 150 years.
History & character
In the village of Lochranza on the north of the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde. The island had been without a legal distillery since Lagg closed in 1837.
In 1994 Harold Currie, a former Chivas Brothers director, founded Isle of Arran Distillers; funded by private investors and the sale of bonds, the distillery opened in 1995.
In 2017 the company began building a second distillery at Lagg in the south of the island, which started production in 2019. Lochranza mainly produces the unpeated Arran malt.
Whiskies from this distillery
Sources: en.wikipedia.org / scotchwhisky.com
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