Independent Bottlers

Following on from an earlier post on Independent Bottlers (IBs), I did some online trawling to compile a comprehensive list of IBs, with links to their website, should they have one. This is of course not a complete list, as there are many small IBs across the world that a person would only know of if they’d stumbled across one of their bottlings, but it does include the bigger players and more popular ones.

I’ve included the name of the Independent Bottler as well as any additional ranges they may offer in parentheses. You see, to complicate matters many IBs offer various ranges under alternative names, with different bottles and packaging. Usually there is method behind the madness in that different ranges would only include certain ages/regions/ABVs/styles/quality/cask selector/etc.

Independent Bottlers:
AD Rattray
Adelphi
Alchemist
Angus Dundee
Berry Brothers & Rudd
Blackadder
Bresser & Timmer/The Nectar (Daily Dram, The Nectar of the Daily Drams)
Cadenhead
Celtic Whisky Company
Clydesdale
Connoisseurs Choice
Douglas Laing & Co (Douglas of Drumlanrig, Old & Rare, Premier Barrel, Provenance, Old Malt Cask)
Duncan Taylor & Co (Whisky Galore, Peerless, Rarest of the Rare, Rare Auld, Lonach, NC2, Battlehill, Dimensions, Octave and Quarter Cask)
Gordon & MacPhail (Connoisseurs Choice, Speymalt, MacPhail’s Collection, G&M Reserve, Spirit of Scotland)
Hart Brothers (Collection Dunvegan)
Ian Macleod (Dun Bheagan, Chieftains, Shieldaig Collection, Hedges & Butler, As We Get It, Dunfife, Glenshire, King Robert II, Smokehead, Isle of Skye, Langs)
James MacArthur (Old Masters)
John McDougall (Whisky Life, Golden Cask)
Lombard
MacKillops (MacKillop’s Choice)
MacBeatha
Master of Malt
Milroy’s of Soho
Murray McDavid
Number One Drinks Company
Royal Mile Whiskies
Samaroli
Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Scott’s Selection (Private Cellar)
Signatory (Scottish Wildlife, Dun Eideann, Prestonfield, Straight from the Cask)
Single & Single
Single Malts of Scotland
Sirius Intrepid Whisky Purveyors
Vintage Malt Whisky Company (Coopers Choice)
Whisky Castle
Wilson & Morgan

I’ll keep this list updated as best I can. If you see any errors or omissions please add a comment and I’ll amend.

Last update: January 16 , 2012