{
 "generated_at": "2026-10-23T16:50:40+00:00",
 "page": "/data/scotch-distillery-capacity/",
 "league_url": "/distilleries/by-capacity/",
 "as_of": "2026-08-14",
 "unit": "litres of pure alcohol a year",
 "coverage": {
  "operating": 158,
  "stated": 153,
  "unknown": 5,
  "unknown_names": [
   "Deerness",
   "Drummygar",
   "Inver House",
   "Stirling",
   "The Bothy"
  ],
  "total_lpa": 851186000,
  "founded_known": 158,
  "revived": [
   "Annandale",
   "Brora",
   "Glengyle",
   "Port Ellen",
   "Rosebank"
  ]
 },
 "headline": "Scotland's 153 distilleries with a stated capacity can make 851 million litres of pure alcohol a year, and the two biggest account for 26% of it.",
 "kinds": {
  "grain": {
   "count": 8,
   "total_lpa": 410100000,
   "share_pct": 48.2,
   "operating": 8
  },
  "malt": {
   "count": 145,
   "total_lpa": 441086000,
   "share_pct": 51.8,
   "operating": 150
  }
 },
 "findings": [
  "Grain distilleries: 8 of 153 sites, 48% of capacity.",
  "More of today's distilleries were founded in the 2010s (30) than in any other decade; they add 7% of capacity.",
  "Published figures for Miltonduff and Aberlour are 2.8 and 2.1 times ours, after expansions since 2022."
 ],
 "notes": [
  "The 153 Scotch distilleries with a stated capacity can make 851 million litres of pure alcohol a year between them.",
  "The biggest, Cameronbridge and Girvan, are each rated at 110 million litres: about 9,200 times the smallest, Dornoch (12,000 litres).",
  "Grain distilleries are 8 of the 153 but 48% of the capacity; the ten biggest sites hold 55%.",
  "Half of the Scotch distilleries with a stated capacity can make less than 2.2 million litres a year, and 46 are under a million.",
  "30 of today's Scotch distilleries were founded in the 2010s, more than in any other decade, but the 28 with a stated capacity add 63 million litres between them, 7% of the total.",
  "Public sources put Miltonduff and Aberlour well above our records after their 2022 to 2025 expansions; we show both figures below."
 ],
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   "scotch_rank": 1,
   "league_rank": 1,
   "name": "Cameronbridge",
   "term": null,
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "Diageo",
   "owner_slug": "diageo",
   "capacity_lpa": 110000000,
   "share_pct": 12.9,
   "founded": 1824,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect (profile pages) / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024 / Whisky Magazine Issue 199 (May 2024), pp. 78-83",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 1, 'Cameronbridge') citing WhiskyInvestDirect (profile pages) / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024 / Whisky Magazine Issue 199 (May 2024), pp. 78-83",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14",
   "note": "← with Girvan, 26% of all capacity"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 2,
   "league_rank": 2,
   "name": "Girvan",
   "term": null,
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "William Grant & Sons",
   "owner_slug": "william-grant-sons",
   "capacity_lpa": 110000000,
   "share_pct": 12.9,
   "founded": 1963,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 2, 'Girvan') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 3,
   "league_rank": 3,
   "name": "North British",
   "term": "north-british",
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "Lothian Distillers (Diageo / The Edrington Group)",
   "owner_slug": "lothian-distillers-diageo-the-edrington-group",
   "capacity_lpa": 72000000,
   "share_pct": 8.5,
   "founded": 1885,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "medium",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; thenorthbritish.co.uk; Wikipedia",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 3, 'North British') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; thenorthbritish.co.uk; Wikipedia",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 4,
   "league_rank": 5,
   "name": "Strathclyde",
   "term": "strathclyde",
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "Pernod Ricard",
   "owner_slug": "pernod-ricard",
   "capacity_lpa": 39000000,
   "share_pct": 4.6,
   "founded": 1927,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "medium",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; Wikipedia",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 5, 'Strathclyde') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; Wikipedia",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 5,
   "league_rank": 6,
   "name": "Invergordon",
   "term": "invergordon",
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "Emperador Inc",
   "owner_slug": "emperador-inc",
   "capacity_lpa": 36000000,
   "share_pct": 4.2,
   "founded": 1961,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; Wikipedia; ScotchWhisky.com",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 4, 'Invergordon') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; Wikipedia; ScotchWhisky.com",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 6,
   "league_rank": 8,
   "name": "Starlaw",
   "term": null,
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "La Martiniquaise (COFEPP)",
   "owner_slug": "la-martiniquaise-cofepp",
   "capacity_lpa": 25000000,
   "share_pct": 2.9,
   "founded": 2010,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; ScotchWhisky.com",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 6, 'Starlaw') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; ScotchWhisky.com",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 7,
   "league_rank": 9,
   "name": "Glenfiddich",
   "term": "glenfiddich",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "William Grant & Sons",
   "owner_slug": "william-grant-sons",
   "capacity_lpa": 21000000,
   "share_pct": 2.5,
   "founded": 1886,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 290, 'Glenfiddich')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 8,
   "league_rank": 10,
   "name": "Glenlivet",
   "term": "glenlivet",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Pernod Ricard",
   "owner_slug": "pernod-ricard",
   "capacity_lpa": 21000000,
   "share_pct": 2.5,
   "founded": 1824,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 298, 'Glenlivet')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 9,
   "league_rank": 11,
   "name": "Loch Lomond Grain",
   "term": null,
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "grain",
   "owner_name": "Loch Lomond Group (Hillhouse Capital)",
   "owner_slug": "loch-lomond-group-hillhouse-capital",
   "capacity_lpa": 18000000,
   "share_pct": 2.1,
   "founded": 1993,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "medium",
   "cited": "WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; ScotchWhisky.com; trade press 2025",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db grain_distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 7, 'Loch Lomond Grain') citing WhiskyInvestDirect / Scotch Whisky Industry Review 2024; ScotchWhisky.com; trade press 2025",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 10,
   "league_rank": 14,
   "name": "Macallan",
   "term": "macallan",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "The Edrington Group",
   "owner_slug": "the-edrington-group",
   "capacity_lpa": 15000000,
   "share_pct": 1.8,
   "founded": 1824,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 462, 'Macallan')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 11,
   "league_rank": 15,
   "name": "Roseisle",
   "term": "roseisle",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Diageo",
   "owner_slug": "diageo",
   "capacity_lpa": 12500000,
   "share_pct": 1.5,
   "founded": 2010,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 572, 'Roseisle')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 12,
   "league_rank": 16,
   "name": "Ailsa Bay",
   "term": "ailsa-bay",
   "region": "Lowland",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "William Grant & Sons",
   "owner_slug": "william-grant-sons",
   "capacity_lpa": 12000000,
   "share_pct": 1.4,
   "founded": 2007,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 17, 'Ailsa Bay')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 13,
   "league_rank": 17,
   "name": "Glen Ord",
   "term": "glen-ord",
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Diageo",
   "owner_slug": "diageo",
   "capacity_lpa": 11900000,
   "share_pct": 1.4,
   "founded": 1838,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 275, 'Glen Ord')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 14,
   "league_rank": 18,
   "name": "Teaninich",
   "term": "teaninich",
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Diageo",
   "owner_slug": "diageo",
   "capacity_lpa": 10200000,
   "share_pct": 1.2,
   "founded": 1817,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
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   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
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  {
   "scotch_rank": 15,
   "league_rank": 19,
   "name": "Dalmunach",
   "term": "dalmunach",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Pernod Ricard",
   "owner_slug": "pernod-ricard",
   "capacity_lpa": 10000000,
   "share_pct": 1.2,
   "founded": 2014,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 183, 'Dalmunach')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 16,
   "league_rank": 20,
   "name": "Dalmore",
   "term": "dalmore",
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Emperador Inc",
   "owner_slug": "emperador-inc",
   "capacity_lpa": 9000000,
   "share_pct": 1.1,
   "founded": 1839,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 182, 'Dalmore')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
  {
   "scotch_rank": 17,
   "league_rank": 22,
   "name": "Glen Moray",
   "term": "glen-moray",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "La Martiniquaise (COFEPP)",
   "owner_slug": "la-martiniquaise-cofepp",
   "capacity_lpa": 8400000,
   "share_pct": 1.0,
   "founded": 1897,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 273, 'Glen Moray')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
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  {
   "scotch_rank": 18,
   "league_rank": 23,
   "name": "Glenmorangie",
   "term": "glenmorangie",
   "region": "Highland",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Moet Hennessy (LVMH)",
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   "capacity_lpa": 7100000,
   "share_pct": 0.8,
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   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
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   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 302, 'Glenmorangie')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
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  {
   "scotch_rank": 19,
   "league_rank": 24,
   "name": "Balvenie",
   "term": "balvenie",
   "region": "Speyside",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "William Grant & Sons",
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   "capacity_lpa": 7000000,
   "share_pct": 0.8,
   "founded": 1892,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 57, 'Balvenie')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
  },
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   "scotch_rank": 20,
   "league_rank": 25,
   "name": "Caol Ila",
   "term": "caol-ila",
   "region": "Islay",
   "kind": "malt",
   "owner_name": "Diageo",
   "owner_slug": "diageo",
   "capacity_lpa": 6500000,
   "share_pct": 0.8,
   "founded": 1846,
   "revived": null,
   "capacity_confidence": "high",
   "cited": "Our distillery records",
   "capacity_source": "distilleries.db distilleries.capacity_lpa (id 131, 'Caol Ila')",
   "capacity_as_of": "2026-08-14"
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  "name",
  "region",
  "kind",
  "owner",
  "lpa",
  "term",
  "share"
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   "Diageo",
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   "",
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   "",
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   "Lothian Distillers (Diageo / The Edrington Group)",
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   "Strathclyde",
   "Lowland",
   "grain",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   39000000,
   "strathclyde",
   4.6
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   "Invergordon",
   "Highland",
   "grain",
   "Emperador Inc",
   36000000,
   "invergordon",
   4.2
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   "Starlaw",
   "Lowland",
   "grain",
   "La Martiniquaise (COFEPP)",
   25000000,
   "",
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   "Glenfiddich",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "William Grant & Sons",
   21000000,
   "glenfiddich",
   2.5
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  [
   "Glenlivet",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   21000000,
   "glenlivet",
   2.5
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   "Loch Lomond Grain",
   "Highland",
   "grain",
   "Loch Lomond Group (Hillhouse Capital)",
   18000000,
   "",
   2.1
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   "Macallan",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
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   15000000,
   "macallan",
   1.8
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   "Roseisle",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   12500000,
   "roseisle",
   1.5
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  [
   "Ailsa Bay",
   "Lowland",
   "malt",
   "William Grant & Sons",
   12000000,
   "ailsa-bay",
   1.4
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  [
   "Glen Ord",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   11900000,
   "glen-ord",
   1.4
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  [
   "Teaninich",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   10200000,
   "teaninich",
   1.2
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  [
   "Dalmunach",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   10000000,
   "dalmunach",
   1.2
  ],
  [
   "Dalmore",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Emperador Inc",
   9000000,
   "dalmore",
   1.1
  ],
  [
   "Glen Moray",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "La Martiniquaise (COFEPP)",
   8400000,
   "glen-moray",
   1.0
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   "Glenmorangie",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Moet Hennessy (LVMH)",
   7100000,
   "glenmorangie",
   0.8
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   "Balvenie",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "William Grant & Sons",
   7000000,
   "balvenie",
   0.8
  ],
  [
   "Caol Ila",
   "Islay",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   6500000,
   "caol-ila",
   0.8
  ],
  [
   "Glen Grant",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Campari Group",
   6200000,
   "glen-grant",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Aultmore",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Bacardi",
   6000000,
   "aultmore",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Dufftown",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   6000000,
   "dufftown",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Glen Keith",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   6000000,
   "glen-keith",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Mannochmore",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   6000000,
   "mannochmore",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Auchroisk",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   5900000,
   "auchroisk",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Miltonduff",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   5800000,
   "miltonduff",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Glenrothes",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "The Edrington Group",
   5600000,
   "glenrothes",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Linkwood",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   5600000,
   "linkwood",
   0.7
  ],
  [
   "Dailuaine",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   5200000,
   "dailuaine",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Glendullan",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   5000000,
   "glendullan",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Loch Lomond",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Loch Lomond Group (Hillhouse Capital)",
   5000000,
   "loch-lomond",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Tomatin",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Takara Shuzo / Marubeni (Japan)",
   5000000,
   "tomatin",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Tormore",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Elixir Distillers",
   5000000,
   "tormore",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Clynelish",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Diageo",
   4800000,
   "clynelish",
   0.6
  ],
  [
   "Speyburn",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "International Beverage (ThaiBev)",
   4600000,
   "speyburn",
   0.5
  ],
  [
   "Ardmore",
   "Highland",
   "malt",
   "Suntory (Beam Suntory)",
   4500000,
   "ardmore",
   0.5
  ],
  [
   "Kininvie",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "William Grant & Sons",
   4500000,
   "kininvie",
   0.5
  ],
  [
   "Longmorn",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Pernod Ricard",
   4500000,
   "longmorn",
   0.5
  ],
  [
   "Tamnavulin",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Emperador Inc",
   4500000,
   "tamnavulin",
   0.5
  ],
  [
   "Craigellachie",
   "Speyside",
   "malt",
   "Bacardi",
   4300000,
   "craigellachie",
   0.5
  ],
  [
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