Situated in the heart of Aberdeen city centre, The Illicit Still is famed for its warm and friendly atmosphere.

A comprehensive and diverse food menu is available until 9pm everyday and is sure to more than satisfy the most discerning palate. Add to this our breakfast and late night snack menus and it's easy to understand why The Illicit Still is arguably Aberdeen’s premier bar/food venue.

The giant screen and numerous widescreen TVs make The Illicit Still the ideal bar for watching any live sport including rugby or football.

The Award Winning Illicit Still – worth discovering!

The History of Illicit Stills in Scotland

There is a link drawn between Greenock and Dundee where above exists awesome mountains, silent Lochs and empty glens, but it was not always so.

To avoid payment of the ‘malt tax’ imposed in 1713 by an English parliament, Highlanders took to remote glens and hillsides, to where whisky could be made undetected. Their equipment was rudimentary and easy to dismantle to aid a quick escape from pursuing excisemen or ‘gaugers’. It was reported in 1798 that the ‘industry was in a thousand hands’ and by 1823 there were 14,000 official discoveries of illicit stills. A mere fraction of those that escaped the ‘gauger’.

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