Hailing from the most Northerly town on the British mainland, Thurso in Caithness is the home of Wolfburn Whisky. A fiercely independent distillery, producing, storing in traditional dunnage warehouses and bottling on site we are 15 people, highly passionate and committed to producing a quality scotch, following our mantra “ Fortune Favours The Brave”
Formed by two ex Royal Marine Commandos, this warrior spirit, military precision and attention to detail flows through the business, a nice touch as the Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland, the worlds largest blanket peatland bog, was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in July 2024, Scotland’s first for natural criteria. So not only does our whisky flow, our county does as well!
The original Wolfburn Distillery, named after its water source started in 1821 and lasted just a few decades. The new distillery, built in 2012, went on spirit in January 2013 and our first casks were filled on the 25th, Burn’s Night, a piece of marketing genius! This year we celebrated 12 years in production and our whisky is enjoyed in over 40 markets across the world and with a yearly production of around 125,000l we concentrate on quality not quantity.
We are traditional whisky makers using modern day efficient methods. Not only are our stills made by the famous Forsyth team in Rothes, but our entire distillery was built by them and was completed in around 4 months, a truly remarkable feat indeed in 2012.
We run the stills mainly using unpeated malted barley, but for a few months of the year we run with lightly peated which allows us to vary our expressions. We are traditional whisky makers using modern day efficient methods. Not only are our stills made by the famous Forsyth team in Rothes, but our entire distillery was built by them and was completed in around 4 months, a truly remarkable feat indeed in 2012.
If you’re visiting, I sincerely hope you do after tasting our award winning drams, you will find a very relaxed experience awaits. We don’t have a visitor centre, a coffee shop or a restaurant, we focus on the production and open our doors for tours 3 times a day. Reviews have been so positive and why not do the NC 500 as well. From Inverness up the East coast, along the North and down the West coast, and back to Inverness. 500 miles. I’m sure there is a song about walking that! Lol. So, thanks for your support and hopefully your next club offerings will be to your taste and tempt you to make the pilgrimage North to Wolfburn Whisky where you will definitely be rewarded.
