Malt Mill

Malt Mill was established in 1908 by Peter Mackie within the grounds of Lagavulin after a legal dispute over the Laphroaig sales agency. The facility was purpose-built to replicate the heavy, peated style of Laphroaig. It operated as a distinct entity using its own two washbacks and two pear-shaped pot stills, though it shared a mash tun with Lagavulin. Distillers Company Limited (DCL) took control in 1927. While some catalogs erroneously list 1960 as the final year, production officially ceased in 1962. The equipment was eventually absorbed into Lagavulin, with the site becoming a visitor reception in 1974.

Authentic records regarding the finished liquid are scarce as the distillery primarily produced peated malt for blends like White Horse and Mackie Ancient Scotch. There is no verified evidence of an official commercial single malt release. An unaged new-make sample from the final 1962 run is preserved at Lagavulin, but this does not represent a matured bottling. A miniature surfaced in 2018, purportedly a 10-year-old from 1959, yet its authenticity remains unverified. Consequently, the true matured profile of Malt Mill cannot be reliably described beyond its technical design as a heavily peated Islay spirit intended to mirror its neighbor.