Ladyburn distillery
{{Short description|Distillery in South Ayrshire, Scotland}}
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{{Infobox Scottish Distillery
| Name = Ladyburn Distillery
| Type = Lowland
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| Location = South Ayrshire, Scotland
| Owner = William Grant & Sons Ltd.
| Founded = 1966
| Status = Closed/demolished
| Source = Penwapple Reservoir
| Stills = 2 wash, 2 spirit
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|demolished=1976|image=File:Grant's_Distillery,_Girvan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_262939.jpg|image_caption=Ladyburn distillery was located inside the Girvan distillery complex}}
Ladyburn distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The Ladyburn distillery was an expansion of the Girvan distillery, itself built in 1963 by William Grant & Sons Ltd. The Ladyburn malt whisky distillery was created in 1966 with the addition of two pot stills. The malt portion of the distillery was closed in 1975 and demolished in 1976.{{Cite book |last=D. Smith |first=Gavin |title=Whisky Opus - The Definitive 21st-Century Reference to the World's Greatest Distilleries and Their Whiskies |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |year=2012}}
The independent bottlers Signatory Vintage and Wilson and Morgan have released Ladyburn single malt under the name "Ayrshire", after the council area of Scotland in which Girvan is found.{{Cite web |last=mtc |title=Ladyburn - 1973 |url=https://www.whiskyhammer.com/item/169247/Ladyburn/Ladyburn---1973.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Whisky Hammer |language=en}}
In December 2021, a bottle of Ladyburn from 1966 was sold in auction for over £80,000.{{Cite web |last=Japhe |first=Brad |title=Is This The World’s Rarest Scotch Whisky? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradjaphe/2022/07/31/the-rarest-scotch-whisky-youve-never-heard-of/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/silent/ladyburn.htm Scotch Whisky]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100323054942/http://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/ladyburn.html Malt Madness]}}
{{Scottish Distilleries}}
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Category:Distilleries in Scotland
Category:1966 establishments in Scotland
Category:1975 disestablishments in Scotland
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1966
Category:Companies based in South Ayrshire