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THE DISTILLERY: LOCH LOMOND
from Loch Lomond Group
Littlemill And Loch
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Loch Lomond marks the boundary between the Lowlands and the Highlands of Scotland. This area - so close to the major bottling town of Dumbarton - has been at the heart of the whisky industry for centuries. Sadly though, at least nine distilleries around the loch have been lost over the years, leaving Loch Lomond Distillers to maintain a proud local tradition into the 21st century.
Our own story began in 1772, with the founding of the Littlemill Distillery on the site of an old brewery at Dunglass Castle in Bowling. It is possibly the oldest distillery in Scotland, with distilling at this site dating back to the 14th century. It is a few miles from the loch itself, with its water source being the Auchentorlie Burn.
The distillery changed hands several times before being acquired by an American gentleman named Duncan Thomas. He lived in the former exciseman’s house at Littlemill for a while and went on to build the new Loch Lomond Distillery in Alexandria which is now our home.
