The history of Deanston Distillery dates back to when an 18th-century Scottish Highlands cotton mill – which once employed 1,500 people – was in dire straits, closing up shop in 1965. Deanston’s ...

POLICE have launched a probe after thieves nicked thousands of pounds of rare whisky from the Deanston distillery, immortalised in The Angels’ Share.

Deanston is a Highland distillery that is relatively new to the scotch whisky world, having been transformed from a cotton mill to a whisky maker in 1966, nearly two centuries after it was built. It’s ...

Deanston is located in a former cotton mill just outside the picturesque village of Doune not far from Stirling on the banks of the River Teith, which acts as the distillery's water source.

The Burns Stewart Group, which bought Deanston in 1990, has ploughed £600,000 into the creation of the distillery’s first visitor facilities, which are predicted to attract 15,0000 visitors a year.

Deanston even looks different to most distilleries — the red-brick, riverside buildings were in fact an 18th-century cotton mill, before they were converted to whisky-making in 1966.

POLICE have launched a probe after thieves nicked thousands of pounds of rare whisky from the Deanston distillery, immortalised in The Angels’ Share. dailyrecord News By Stephen Stewart 06:00, 6 ...

Deanston is a Highland distillery that is relatively new to the scotch whisky world, having been transformed from a cotton mill to a whisky maker in 1966, nearly two centuries after it was built.