Most whisky producers take pride in their long history, and will thus fight to subtract another year from their est. date (some list the day the construction of the distillery begun, rather than when it first opened, for example), Aberlour, however, have gone in the opposite direction. They first opened for business in 1826 but the distillery was burnt to the ground and re-opened in 1879, which is the date they now have on their bottles. Having been burnt to the ground and rebuilt, another fire broke out only 9 years after re-opening ; this time the fire wasn’t quite as bad and did spare some of the buildings, though several were completely destroyed along with most of their whisky reservoirs.

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