| Region | Lowlands |
| District | Western Lowlands |
| Water source | Cochna Loch in Kilpatrick Hills |
| Neighbours | Glengoyne, Littlemill, Loch Lomond |
| Owner | Morrison Bowmore Distillers (Suntory) |
| Manager | |
| Visitor centre | Daily: Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm Tours run on the hour every hour. Party bookings by appointment. |
| Address | Dalmuir, Clydebank Dunbartonshire, G81 4SJ |
| Phone | :+44 (0)1389 878 561 |
| info@morrisonbowmore.co.uk | |
| Website | http://www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk/ |
| History | 1516 : First record of Auchintoshan Estate, owned by Paisley Abbey. William Johnstone of Achinleck is recorded as the tenant. 1657 : by this tome the Estate was divided between William Johnstone and William Hamilton. 1721 : The Johnstone family builds Auchintoshan House. 1767 : The Johnstone family is succeeded by George Buchanan, the estate is further divided and several sections sold. 1817 : One section sold by John Cross Buchanan to John Bulloch for the Building of Duntocher Distillery. 1822 : John Bulloch files for bankruptcy, his son Archibald Bulloch becomes owner of Duntocher Distillery. 1826 : Archibald Bulloch is declared Bankrupt. Duntocher Distillery continues trading under Bulloch & Co. 1830 : Bulloch & co registered as limited company. 1834 : Bulloch & Co Ltd sell Duntocher Distillery to John hart and Alexander Filshie. They rename the distillery Auchintoshan Distillery 1845 : James Filshie joins Alexander Filshie as owners of Auchintoshan Distillery. 1875 : James & Alexander Filshie largely rebuild the distillery 1878 : James & Alexander Filshie sell the distillery to CH Curtis & Co, Whisky merchants from Greenock 1900 : Auchintoshan Distillery is sold by CH Curtis & Co to Alexander Ferguson & Co Ltd 1903 : Alexander Ferguson & Co Ltd sell the distillery to George & John McLachlan Ltd 1923 : George & John McLachlan Ltd trading name becomes McLachlans Ltd 1941 : 13th & 14th of March German Luftwaffe bomb the local area – the ‘Clydebank blitz’. Warehouse 1, 2 & 3 are destroyed along with almost 1 million litres of whisky 1948 : February 3rd production resumes at Auchentoshan distillery 1960 : McLachlans Ltd is acquired by brewers J&R Tennent Ltd 1964 : J&R Tennent Ltd owners of Auchentoshan Distillery is acquired by Charingtons 1969 : Auchentoshan Distillery is acquired by Eadie Cairns Ltd 1974 : Stanley P Morrison makes first purchase of 221 sherry Butts of Auchentoshan 1965 1984 : Auchentoshan Purchased by Stanley P Morrison from Eadie Cairns Ltd 1994 : Suntory take 100% ownership of MBD |
| House Style | Light and elegant, and ideal as an aperitif. |
| Pronunciation | Ochentoshen |
| Meaning | corner of the field |
| Capacity per year | 1.650.000 litres |
| Independent Bottler | Cadenhead Dewar Rattray Duncan Taylor Signatory |
| Information | Triple distillation. 90% of the production is used for blends (Rob Roy, e.a). |