Benrinnes

A distillery was established 700 feet above sea level on the northern slopes of Ben Rinnes, at Whitehouse Farm, by one Peter McKenzie in 1826. It was destroyed by the Great Flood of Moray two years later and another distillery was built at Lyne of Ruthrie some distance away by John Innes.The distillery went bankrupt, and Lyne of Ruthrie was sold to William Smith.Smith changed the name of the distillery to the present name Benrinnes before selling the property to David Edward who ran the distillery until his son Alexander Edward took over operation of the distillery.

Alexander Edward sold the distillery to John Dewar & Sons in 1922.Under Dewars it was rebuilt in 1955, replacing the malting floors with a Saladin box, and ending the farming activities on the site.Today, the distillery is owned by Diageo.