Glengoyne (valley of wild geese) is a distillery f...

Glengoyne (valley of wild geese) is a distillery founded in 1831 in Dumgoyne north of Glasgow. Glengoyne is the only Highland distillery to produce whiskey which matures in the Lowlands. Located on the dividing line between Highlands and Lowlands, the stills of the distillery are indeed in the Highlands but the storage areas for maturation are located some distance from them, in the Lowlands.
Originally established under the name of Burnfoot Distillery (or Burnfoot of Dumgoyne), then Glen Guin Distillery when it had just become the property of Lang Brothers, it was renamed Glengoyne Distillery in 1905.
In 1910 the distillery stopped using its own malting surfaces due to a severe lack of space.
In 1966, it was rebuilt and modernized. The distillery, which had belonged to the Lang Brothers company since 1876, came under the control of the Edrington group in the 1960s.
In 2003, the Lang Brothers company was bought by Ian McLeod, a renowned bottler.
Glengoyne remains the only distillery, with Macallan, to use golden Promise barley, of low yield, but of better quality. The distillery's water supply comes from the Glengoyne River which flows from the neighboring Dumgoyne hill into the distillery grounds before emptying into Loch Lomond.

Unlike many other distilleries, Glengoyne uses hot air to dry malt instead of peat smoke. The clear and bright appearance, as well as the characteristic flavor of Glengoyne single malts are attributed to the absence of peat smoke. Glengoyne's advertisements exploit this peculiarity, which would guarantee an "authentic taste of malt whiskey not spoiled by peat smoke. The drying of malt without peat smoke has however led some to locate Glengoyne whiskey as being closer to a whiskey from the Lowlands than from the Highlands.
About 20% of the production is sold as single malt, the rest being for Lang Supreme and Lang Select blends.