| Country | scotland |
| Region | Lowland |
| Established | 2018 |
| Owner | Three Stills Company |
| Type | Single Malt / Blended Scotch Whisky |
| Number of stills | 2 wash stills, 2 spirit stills, 1 Carter Head still |
| Visitor center | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Phone | n/a |
The Borders Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, Lowland Scotland. It was founded in 2018 and is currently owned and operated by the Three Stills Company. It holds the distinction of being the first whisky distillery to open in the Scottish Borders region since 1837.
The Borders Distillery was established by four local businessmen, George Tait, Tony Roberts, Tim Carton and John Fordyce, trading as the Three Stills Company. The site occupies a landmark late-Victorian building on Commercial Road in Hawick, originally built in the 1880s to house the Hawick Electric Company and later used by local engineering firms, which the founders converted into a working distillery with a modern glass extension linking two historic sheds. Distillation began in March 2018, and the distillery opened to the public on 1 May 2018, ending an almost 200-year gap since whisky was last legally produced in the Borders. The distillery uses barley grown within roughly 35 miles of Hawick and draws its process water from the River Teviot. Alongside single malt whisky, the site also produces William Kerr's Borders Gin and a malted-barley vodka, using a specially commissioned Carter Head still built by Forsyths of Rothes. Its first Workshop Series single malt release, WS:01 Borders Malt & Rye, appeared in 2022, and the distillery has also built a following through its blended Clan Fraser and Lower East Side ranges while its own malt matures.
The Borders Distillery's range centres on its Workshop Series of experimental and blended releases while its own single malt continues to mature. Current bottlings include Clan Fraser Reserve and Lower East Side blended whiskies, the Workshop Series expressions Border's Malt & Rye (WS:01), The Long & Short of It, Right As Rain and The Cornet's Blend, and a cask-strength New Make Spirit. Specific ABV figures vary by release and are not consistently published by the distillery.
Borders (Hawick) distillery is located at Commercial Road, Hawick, TD9 7AQ, Scottish Borders, Scotland.
Borders (Hawick) distillery was founded in 2018.
Borders (Hawick) distillery is owned by Three Stills Company.
Borders (Hawick) distillery is from Lowland, scotland.
Yes, Borders (Hawick) distillery welcomes visitors.
You can buy Borders (Hawick) whisky at Glenbotal.co.uk. We currently stock a selection with free UK delivery on orders over £99.
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