Littlemill

Lowland founded in 1772 - first Society bottling in 1992

This is one of the earliest distilleries – it is possible that whisky was distilled on this site in the 1300s. It has had several owners, and many periods of closure. Rebuilt in 1875, its product was triple-distilled until the 1930s. For five years, in the 1920s, it was owned jointly by J.G.Thomson (of The Vaults) and Charles Mackinlay & Co. Barton Brands of Chicago acquired it in 1971 and closed it in 1984. It re-opened briefly in 1989 under the ownership of Gibson International, but the latter failed and the distillery passed to Loch Lomond Distillery Co Ltd, who demolished it after a fire.