About Glenlochy (silent)
(Glen- Lochie) Glenlochy was a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Fort William, founded in 1898 by David McAndie’s Glenlochy-Fort William Distillery Co. Built on the banks of the River Nevis shortly after the arrival of the West Highland Railway, the distillery had its own rail sidings, giving it a practical route for sending whisky south to Glasgow blenders.
Production was interrupted by the First World War and Glenlochy remained closed from 1919 until 1937, when it was acquired and reopened by Associated Scottish Distillers under Canadian whisky entrepreneur Joseph Hobbs. Glenlochy later became part of DCL, then closed permanently in 1983 during the wider Scotch whisky downturn. The site was sold for redevelopment in 1991 and most of the distillery was demolished. No official single malt was released during its working life, so surviving Glenlochy is mainly found through Diageo Rare Malts and independent bottlings, often showing a firm Highland style with malt, waxy fruit, citrus, herbs, spice and old-cask character.