Craigellachie Distillery, which is highly confidential, has been owned by John Dewars & Sons (Bacardi) since 1998.

It was founded in 1891 by a colorful character: Peter Mackie. Peter, creator of the internationally successful blend White Horse, was one of the five Barons of the whisky industry, part of the famous “Big Five”.

His uncle, from whom he later inherited, was none other than James Logan Mackie, owner of Lagavulin Distillery on the Isle of Islay.