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Ladyburn distillery, in Girvan, Ayrshire, was a marvel of industrial design when opened, but only operated between 1966 and 1975, at which point it made a noble sacrifice to allow other distilleries owned by the Grant family to prosper. It was dismantled forever and all that remains of this unseen wonder are the truly rare and finite whiskies.
Ladyburn is for many the ultimate ghost distillery having produced some of the most elusive single malt scotch whisky. Even by lost distillery standards, this is a hidden gem. Only operational from 1966 to 1975 no official bottles were ever released in this period before the distillery was fully dismantled.
A marvel of industrial design when it opened in 1966, Ladyburn Distillery was only in operation for nine years before it was dismantled. Water was drawn from the Penwapple burn, malt was supplied from Grant’s own floor maltings and a mere two pairs of traditional stills were in operation, with the resulting highly limited supply of whisky being aged in warehouses on site.
The economic crises of the 1970s led to the chill winter of over-capacity. A radical revision within William Grant & Sons was needed. Ladyburn's sacrifice allowed the three remaining grain and single malt distilleries to prosper and fulfil their destinies. All the learnings and some of the equipment from Ladyburn's radical facilities went on to inform the upgrading of these distilleries.
The first three Editions, featuring extremely scarce 1966 single casks, are the very first Ladyburn releases after over five decades of on-site maturation. A true homage to this incredible decade of transformation, they showcase specially curated work from three cultural icons of the time: acclaimed portrait photographer David Bailey, pioneering fashion photographer Norman Parkinson and the revolutionising interior designer David Hicks.
“Ladyburn has that amazing place in the history of Scotch which very few people know about for one very good reason. It did not exist for a long time. It’s one of the shortest-lived distilleries in the history of Scottish whisky.”
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