Loch Lomond

At first it had only straight neck pot stills, based on designs developed at Littlemill earlier in the 1960s.^1,2,3 Barton Brands bought out Duncan Thomas and took full control in 1971.³

Loch Lomond closed in 1984 after demand for whisky slowed.^1,3,4 Inver House Distillers Ltd. bought it in 1985.³ The Bulloch family then bought it through their firm Glen Catrine; their own site dates this to 1985, but references say 1986 or 1987.^2,3,5 Sandy Bulloch wanted it as a source of malt spirit for his blending and bottling business.^2,3,5

A second pair of straight neck stills went in during 1990.^2,3 The grain distillery added in 1994 used continuous column stills to make the site's own grain whisky, so its blends could be made in house.^1,2,5 In 1997 a fire destroyed around 300,000 litres of whisky.³ Traditional swan neck pot stills were added in 1998, though some sources date new malt stills to 1999.^1,2,3 In 2007 a continuous still began making grain spirit from a mash of 100% malted barley.^2,3,8 Scotch rules do not let this spirit be called single malt, because single malt must come from pot stills.