Whiskey has been produced locally for more than 200 years - initially illegally (due to high taxes), and after the taxes were abolished, the distillery named Burnfoot of Dumgoyne was legalized in 1833. The first owner was George Connell. Glengoyne was acquired by Glasgow brothers in 1876 and renamed Glengoyne in 1905, by the Edrington Group in the 1960s, and by Ian Macleod Distillers Limited in 2003. Thus, the distillery is one of only a very few still in independent Scottish family property. On the road (West Highland Way), which separates the Brennhaus with the stills from their warehouses, runs the border between the Highlands and the Lowlands. The distillery is located on the Highlands side.