Fiona MacEachern

We’re excited to announce that we are preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube and Early Access registration is now officially open! This raise marks an important next step in our journey as we continue to grow both our brewing and distilling operations. Over the past decade, we’ve focused on creating flavour-driven beer at Loch Lomond Brewery, expanding our production capabilities, and exploring new innovation through our spirits; Levenbank whisky, Cu Mara rum and West...

When people think about whisky-making, the focus is usually on cask type and how long the whisky has matured for. But before the spirit reaches copper or oak, whisky begins its life as something we’ve got over a decade of experience with. It starts as beer. In whisky-making, the liquid that is distilled is known as wash . In simple terms, wash is an unhopped beer made from malted barley, yeast and water. It is brewed, fermented and handled in much the same way as beer and just like in...

What a year 2025 has been at Levenbank Distillery. As the year comes to a close we thought we’d take a moment to look back and reflect on some of the highlights of our first year distilling whisky. February, we officially opened our doors and began distilling whisky, becoming Scotland’s newest Lowland distillery. Built on years of experience brewing flavour-led beers at Loch Lomond Brewery, our approach to whisky-making was centred around brewing flavourful wash to use as the base of our...