Islay Whisky - Distilleries - Closed Distilleries

Closed Distilleries

Islay has also been the home of a number of distilleries which are now closed, the most famous being Port Ellen, which operated from 1825 to 1983. There is still a maltings at Port Ellen, which supplies many of the Islay distilleries with malted barley to their individual specifications. In March 2007 Bruichladdich Distillery announced the reopening of the distillery at Port Charlotte (Port Sgioba in Gaelic), which was closed in 1929, and was also known as the Lochindaal Distillery.

• Achenvoir (pre-1816–1818+), in Argyll
• Ardenistle (1837–1849) / Kildalton (1849–1852) / Islay (1852–1852), subsumed by Laphroaig 1853
• Ardmore (1817–1835), taken over by Lagavulin 1837
• Daill (1814–1830), ruins on road between Port Askaig & Bridgend
• Freeport (1847–1847), location unknown
• Hazelburn (1825–?), uncertain relation to the Hazelburn distillery of Campbeltown
• Kildalton (1817–1837), merged with Lagavulin
• Killarow (c.1760–1818) / Bridgend (1818–1822), ruins in village
• Lochindaal/Port Charlotte/Rhinns (1829–1929), near BruichLaddich
• Lossit (1821) / Ballygrant (1826–1860), ruins south of the village A846
• Malt Mill (1908–1960), part of Lagavulin
• Mulendry (1826–1831), location unknown
• Newton (1818–1825), ruins immediately south of A846 between Port Askaig & Bridgend
• Octomore (1816–1852), ruins near Port Charlotte
• Port Ellen (1825–1929, 1967–1983), large port village of Islay, converted to a malting
• Scarabus (1817–1818), no evidence of production
• Tallant (1821–1852), Tallant farm south of Bowmore
• Torrylin (?–?), may have been on the Isle of Arran