Whisky Distilleries to Look Out For in 2025

As hard to believe as it may be, we’ve survived arguably the most tumultuous five years in recent memory, and we are now in 2025.

2025 looks set to be many things, one of which being a huge year for Scotch whisky. Scotch whisky is becoming more popular every single year, and is now enjoyed by a much broader demographic. It is very much seen as a fashionable and trendy tipple. Oh, and it also tastes like pure heaven as well, which also helps.

Here at Great Drams, we’ve visited more whisky distilleries over the years than I could ever imagine, and we’ve been fortunate enough to watch many expand and evolve from strength to strength. It really is a great time to be a whisky drinker, as there is more variety than ever before.

2025 is set to be a huge year for whisky, and there is a lot going on and even more distilleries to keep an eye on. Here are just a few distilleries to look out for in 2025.

Dallas Dhu Distillery

If you’re familiar with the blogs here at Great Drams, you’ll know that fewer things bring me greater feelings of joy and satisfaction, than the revival of a whisky distillery.

When a whisky distillery is forced to close, it really is a bitter pill to swallow. Watching one be demolished is genuinely heartbreaking. In equal measure, however, watching one rise from the metaphorical ashes like a phoenix, is an incredible feeling for any whisky lover.

Dallas Dhu in Scotland is a prime example of this. The distillery was founded by Alexander Edward in 1898 yet was forced to close down in 1983 due to economic uncertainty and unreliable water source issues. It instead served as a museum and the stills fell silent. Well, more than three decades later, the distillery is back and is set to reopen in 2025.

In 2021, a single malt bottle of Dallas Dhu whisky, sold for a whopping £15,500, showing there was certainly a market for the whisky, willing to pay big bucks. With a new bonded warehouse on the cards, along with new distilling facilities, Dallas Dhu is destined for big things in 2025.

Oh, and don’t worry, the museum isn’t going anywhere either.

Scapa Distillery

Last year, Scapa Distillery underwent a great deal of changes and benefitted from a huge upgrade, including a tasting room and a swanky new visitor centre.

Scapa Distillery, which is based in Orkney atop a cliff overlooking the stunning Scapa Flow natural harbour, recently unveiled their new single malt core range consisting of 21, 16 and 10-year-old expressions, in gorgeous bottles.

The distillery and its new facilities look amazing and are in the perfect location. The whisky is also proving a big hit so expect to be hearing a lot more about Scapa before the year is out.

Witchburn Distillery

We at Great Drams are very passionate about sustainability. It’s why, unless specified otherwise, your drams of whisky arrive in decidedly plain cardboard boxes, most of which have been reused. It’s also why I’m especially excited about the Witchburn Distillery in Campbeltown.

Situated on the site of a former RAF base between Machrihanish village and Campbeltown airport, it will be a Net Zero production facility powered by the most sophisticated energy and heat recovery systems in the industry today.

Owned by independent whisky bottlers and blenders Brave New Spirits, the site will produce 2 million litres of spirit every single year, with the aim of doubling this in the near future.

White Peak Distillery

Up next, we’re heading to the glorious Peak District National Park in England, to the White Peak Distillery, home of Wire Works Whisky.

English whisky is becoming more mainstream, and with distilleries such as the Spirit of Manchester Distillery churning out such delights as One Point Six English Whisky (also to be bottled in 2025) it’s easy to see why.

I’ve reviewed a couple of drams from Wire Works before, but since then they’ve really taken off, despite being less than a decade old, as the distillery was founded by Max Vaughn in 2016.

Located in the stunning Peak District, Wire Works is situated a stone’s throw from Matlock on the site of the former Johnson and Nephew wire works. It is surrounded by lush green woodland and a flowing river and is about as close in appearance as you can get to a Scottish distillery. Their Rum Cask Finish is proving especially popular, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

As well as whisky, they also produce gin and rum as well, and without sounding too cliché, 2025 really looks set to be their year.

Isle of Tiree Distillery

As I write this on the 9^th of January, 2025, the Isle of Tiree Distillery will be releasing their first ever single malt whisky, and the first Tiree expression in over two centuries! If that isn’t cause for celebration, I don’t know what is.

Tiree’s economy has always been reliant upon grain production, as the conditions there are perfect, with its fertile soil and lengthy growing seasons. The grain is exceptional and so too, surely, will be the whisky.

Produced in small oak mash tuns from unpeated barley, the whisky has been matured in American oak bourbon quarter casks and a 50-litre virgin oak cask before a finishing period of two years in first-fill Oloroso sherry casks. I’m excited to hopefully review this one!

If you’d like to learn more about your favourite whiskies and distilleries, or simply treat yourself to a wee dram or two for 2025, head on over to GreatDrams.com and take a look at what we have to offer.

With an impressive selection of limited-edition, rare, and award-winning whisky, as well as heaps of whisky info on our blog, it’s the perfect spot for any whisky lovers out there.

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Greg

My name is Greg, and I’m a brand strategy consultant, writer, speaker, host and judge specialising in premium spirits. My mission is to experience, share and inspire with everything great about whisky, whiskey, gin, beer and fine dining through my writing, my brand building and my whisky tastings.