[2] The company bought a 10 acres (4.0 ha) pig farm on the western outskirts of Edinburgh, adjacent to the developing suburb of Gorgie and Dalry.

[1] In the late 1950s the site was expanded to include the adjacent former Edinburgh Corporation Tramways depot, to provide space for new warehouses.

That same year an additional 30 acres (12 ha) adjacent plot was purchased on the opposite (south) side of the A71 road.

[3][1] Lothian Distillers, and hence the sites and production, is jointly owned by Diageo plc and the privately held Edrington Group.

Increased sales of Scotch whisky to India, China and South America brought about production of 65,000,000 litres (14,000,000 imp gal; 17,000,000 US gal) in 2007,[1] produced for:[3] To enable this, the company imports maize (3,000 tonnes (3,300 tons) per week from France via the Port of Leith), along with a lesser amount of malted barley.