A new whisky company is seeking to resurrect blends from “lost distilleries” as the interest in Scotch whisky increases.
The Lost Distillery Company is the brainchild of Scott Watson and Brian Woods, both of whom previously worked at Diageo, who were intrigued by the idea that in the last century almost 100 distilleries have been lost – closed down due to financial hardship or through neglect.
With the help of Scotch whisky expert Michael Moss, the company researches the flavour profiles of these distilleries, the types of stills and barley they used and other distillation techniques and then sources whiskies to blend together to best recreate the spirit...
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The first two whiskies to be released later this year will be Stratheden (from Fife) and Auchnagie (from the Atholl Estate in Perthshire – both pictured above)...
The Lost Distillery Company
In the last century, almost one hundred of Scotland’s malt whisky distilleries have been closed or destroyed.
This accounts for nearly half of all distilleries that have ever existed in Scotland. Global economic downturn, over-production, world wars and prohibition have all contributed to the loss of so many distilleries.
More recently many distilleries have fallen victim to the march of globalisation.
As a result of all of these factors, many unique and venerable whiskies have been lost to the world. Until now....
