Craigellachie was founded in 1891 by whisky entrepreneurs Alexander Edward and Peter Mackie. Designed by celebrated architect Charles Doig, the distillery was built high above the village of Craigellachie, near the meeting point of the Rivers Spey and Fiddich. From the beginning, most of its whisky was intended for blends, including White Horse. Craigellachie later became part of the Distillers Company Limited and eventually Diageo, which sold the distillery to Bacardi together with John Dewar & Sons in 1998.

For many years, Craigellachie was rarely available as an official single malt. This changed in 2014, when a permanent range of bottlings was introduced and the distillery gained greater recognition under its own name. Independent bottlers had already allowed enthusiasts to explore different ages and cask types.

Craigellachie is known for a robust, oily and distinctive Speyside style. Traditional worm tubs provide relatively limited copper contact, helping to preserve a full-bodied spirit with ripe fruit, malt, waxy notes and occasionally a meaty or lightly sulphurous edge. This muscular character sets Craigellachie apart from many lighter Speyside whiskies.

Berry Bros. & Rudd is one of Britain’s oldest and most distinguished wine and spirits merchants. Its history began in 1698, when the Widow Bourne opened a grocery shop on St James’s Street in London. During the nineteenth century, the company increasingly focused on wine and spirits, while the Berry name became permanently associated with the business. The Rudd family joined in the twentieth century.

Berry Bros. & Rudd also has an exceptionally long heritage in whisky. Its oldest known own-label cask bottling dates from 1853, making the company one of Britain’s oldest independent bottlers. In 1923, Francis Berry and Hugh Rudd also created Cutty Sark, a lighter blended Scotch that achieved considerable international success.

The Berry Bros. & Rudd Own Selection range includes carefully selected single cask whiskies, blended malts and house bottlings from Scotland and other whisky-producing countries. The emphasis is on provenance, cask character and drinkability. With centuries of trading expertise and close relationships with producers, Berry Bros. & Rudd is known for dependable, classically styled selections and distinctive whiskies for experienced enthusiasts.