Aultmore

 

The distillery was founded in 1895 by Alexander Edward, then owner of the Benrinnes distillery and in 1950s was one of the first in the industry to use to use the draff, a waste product of whisky production, as animal feed. 

 

In 1923 it became part of the John Dewar & Sons and has remained so ever since. In fact, the Aultmore was highly prized as a blending malt and it is said that when Bacardi was in the process of buying Dewar’s from Diageo, it was willing to walk away from the deal if Aultmore wasn’t included.