The distillery‘s origin goes back to Kinflat Distillery which was founded in 1810. Glenburgie-Glenlivet and Glenburry were formerly other names like that of Glencraig. This name was given to Single Malts that were produced with Lomond stills which came from Inverleven Distillery.

Alfred Barnard reported in his writings: „The Malt House is of an old-fashioned type, and built with stone. It is two stories high, the top being used for storing barley, with the usual Steep, and the ground floor for Malting. Connected with the building there is a small Kiln, floored with perforated bricks, and heated with peats brought from the celebrated peat deposits of the Dava and Dallas Moors. Adjoining is the Malt Deposit and Mill, the latter with the usual grinding machinery.

At the end of the yard is the Still House, which contains the following vessels: a Mash-tun, 10 feet in diameter and 3 1/2 feet deep, Heating Copper, Underback, Worts Receiver, Refrigerator, Spirits and Feints Receiver, Wash Charger, and two small Pot Stills, holding respectively 1,500 gallons and 800 gallons.

In the Fermenting Room there are five Washbacks, with an average capacity of 2430 gallons each. Three new Bonded Warehouses have lately been added, and in proportion to the size of the works the Warehouse accommodation is extensive.“

(Alfred Barnard. The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 1887)

At Glenburgie the famous Charles Chree Doig started his career as a distillery architect with his first commission.

Today Glenburgie is a very modern state of the art distillery. It is an absolute delight of modern whisky technology. In 2010 the annual production was about 4 million litres of alcohol.

It is difficult to find a bottling but see the independent bottlers.

There is no visitor centre.

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