Tomatin Whisky Distillery

Introduction

This evening, I am focusing on Tomatin Distillery which is located in the Scottish Highlands, about twenty miles south of Inverness.

A selection of Tomatin Single Malts

 Information on Tomatin Distillery

Tomatin is relatively young by Scottish distillery standards, having been established in 1897. Subsequently, the history has been erratic with closures, re-openings and changes of ownership. During the late 1970s Tomatin was producing 12m litres of spirit per annum, the largest output in Scotland. However, to adjust to market conditions, the number of operational stills was reduced from 23 to 10 with resultant annual capacity of 5 million litres currently.

Today, the distillery is under Japanese ownership with principal markets being U.S.A., Sweden and Japan.

The core range of malts consists of: Legacy 12, 18, 30 and 36 year old as well as Cask Strength and a 14 year old port finish. There is also a peated malt aimed at the Japanese market.Sales of Tomatin single malt increased by 170pct in the past decade. In 2022 one million bottles were sold.

Tours are an important revenue source. To accommodate the 40,000 whisky tourists each year a new visitor centre was recently opened at the expense of demolition of two warehouses.

Tours of the distillery are available. Visitors have the opportunity to bottle their own single malt. 

 Casks and warehouses

  Distillery site

Stainless steel washbacks

Tasting session

1967 Vintage Single Malt at Tomatin Distillery

More Information


For more information on distilleries and many other aspects of Scotland please refer to the Visitors’ Guide to Scotland, ISBN 978-1-9161332-0-4. This book is also available via Kindle.

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