Leven distillery

Leven distillery is an experimental Scotch single malt whisky distillery and bottling facility in Leven, Scotland. It is owned by the drinks giant Diageo. The bottling and packaging facility claims to be the biggest packaging plant on the planet.^[1] It is also therefore reported as Diageo’s largest packaging plant in the world.^[2][3]

Leven distillery

Region: Lowland
Location	Leven, Fife, Scotland
Owner	Diageo
Founded	2013
Status	Active
Water source	Town supply
No. of stills	1 wash still (1,000 L) 1 spirit still (1,000 L)
Capacity	250,000 L

History

The bottling plant was created at Leven, Fife in 1973 to bottle various Scotch whisky products. The facility also bottled non-whisky products such as Smirnoff vodka, Gordon’s gin and other beverages.^[4][5]

In 2005, Diageo created the Leven’s Process Liquid Development Area (PLDA). This was a new blending and filtration facility to focus on new product development.^[6]

In 2013, a fully functional distillery was established at Leven to allow for dedicated experimental distillation projects, becoming Diageo’s 29th working distillery.^[4][7]

In 2023, staff at the bottling facility on the distillery site staged a series of industrial action walkouts over pay.^[8]

Operations

The Leven site employs 590 people.^[2]

The site is powered by an 8,000 solar panel array.^[3]