Aultmore distillery was founded in 1895 by Alexander Edward, then owner of the
Benrinnes distillery. The distillery was originally powered by a
waterwheel, and was soon adapted to use a steam engine instead, The distillery was expanded in 1898, and production doubled. It changed hands again in 1930, when it was bought by Scottish Malt Distillers. The distillery was in the 1950s one of the first to use the
draff, a wasteproduct of whisky production, as animal feed. The distillery's
malting floors closed in 1968 and the entire distillery was rebuilt and expanded in 1970. A new
spirit still and
wash still were placed in addition to the two stills that were already present, and Aultmore Reopened in 1971. In 1998 the distillery was sold back to Bacardi subsidiary Dewars, which had previously owned Aultmore between 1923 and 1925. Aultmore produced their first official bottling, a 12-year-old, in 2004, after an earlier
flora and fauna release, and an earlier
rare malts release. ==References==