Ladyburn

History

Founded in 1966 by William Grant & Sons Ltd., the Ladyburn distillery was located at the same site in Girvan, a few miles from Glasgow, and consisted of two additional sets of stills in the same complex. It operated for only 10 years and did not release any official bottlings until the early 2000s. The main purpose of this distillery was to produce Single Malts for use in Grant's blends, but Ladyburn also released some independent bottlings, mainly through Signatory. Ladyburn Single Malt is therefore quite rare, in stark contrast to Balvenie and Glenfiddich, its illustrious brothers owned by William Grant. Moreover, it was often labelled under the name Ayrshire, making bottlings even more difficult to trace. Ladyburn's production capacity is unknown, however, it is believed to have been no more than two million litres per year. The distillery took malts from its sister distillery Glenfiddich, and the Single Malts produced were aged in European and American oak casks. The few bottles and authentic flavour make Ladyburn whisky more unique than rare.