Historic family-owned Scotch whisky bottling company Gordon & MacPhail will cease operating as an independent bottler for outside distilleries, according to The Herald. The 128-year-old company has announced it will now exclusively focus on producing and bottling whisky from the two distilleries that it owns.
As Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, Gordon & MacPhail has filled casks with distillate from 100 different distilleries, cementing itself as an essential part of the Scotch whisky industry. Gordon & MacPhail ventured into the distilling side of the business in 1933 when it acquired the Benromach Distillery in Forres. More recently, it constructed its own distillery, The Cairn, which opened in Cairngorm National Park in 2022. To focus on the growing supply of single malt whisky from its own distilleries, the company will no longer fill casks with spirits from outside brands from 2024 on.
