Glengoyne

The distillery began distilling in 1833 and was known as the Burnfoot distillery. It was originally owned by George Connell who built the distillery and took out a lease on the surrounding land, on which was built a warehouse which is still in use today. In 1876 the distillery was sold, by Archiball G. MacLellen, to the Lang Brothers who were based in Glasgow. It is stated that Lang’s intended to name the distillery Glengoyne, but due to a mistake by a clerk it was recorded as Glen Guin. Sometime between 1894 and 1905 it was changed to Glengoyne which comes from ‘Glenguin’ or ‘Glen of the Wild Geese’.

The distillery remained with the Lang Brothers until taken over by the Robertson & Baxter group in 1965, who later became the Edrington group. In 1966 and 1967 the number of stills was increased from two to three as the distillery underwent a rebuilding project.
In 1984 the Lang Brothers became suppliers of whiskies to the then Queen Mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth household. The Royal Warrant has since been delegated to Ian Macleod and features on all Glengoyne products.

Unlike many malt whisky distilleries, Glengoyne does not use peat smoke to dry their barley, but instead uses warm air.