Inverleven was part of the gigantic distilling complex built in Dumbarton in 1938 by the famous Canadian distillery company Hiram Walker to provide both grain and malt whiskies for their Ballantine's blend. The complex comprised what was at the time the largest grain distillery in Europe, 'Dumbarton' alongside two still houses that in time produced two different malt whiskies: Inverleven and Lomond.
The malt whisky is classified as a Lowlander whisky despite the fact that the distillery straddles the old political Highland line.
Production of Lomond had stopped in 1985, and Inverleven was to follow suit in 1991. The Dumbarton distillery carried on making grain for several years but was finally mothballed in 2002.
During their operating lifetimes all the production at Dumbarton, Lomond and Inverleven went into Ballantine's and there were never any official bottlings of either of the single malts. However, enterprising independent bottlers have released a handful of bottlings of InverlevenShow more