Ardbeg Distillery
Ardbeg Distillery is a operating whisky distillery in Islay, Scotland. Founded 1794. Owned by LVMH.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-29
Production
The kit, where a primary source publishes it. Where a figure is missing it is because no producer publishes one — the secondary spread on distillery capacity reaches fivefold, so we would rather show nothing than pick a number.
| Stills | 2 wash, 2 spirit |
| Capacity | 2.40m litres of pure alcohol / year |
Recent changes worth knowing
A new shoreline still house in 2021 took Ardbeg from two stills to four and capacity from 1.4m to 2.4m LPA; the original still house was retired. Fermentation capacity also expanded, but the current washback total is genuinely unresolved between 10, 11 and 12, so we publish none.
Ownership on the public record
Ardbeg Distillery is recorded as owned by LVMH, a group that is not registered as a UK company under that name. Any UK operating subsidiary would be registered separately.