Aultmore distillery is one of Speyside’s large workhorse malt whisky distilleries making single malt destined almost entirely for blended Scotch whiskies. The distillery is the biggest (if not the most well-known) of the Dewar's group of distilleries - which also includes the likes of Aberfeldy, Craigellachie and Royal Brackla -  that was purchased by Bacardi in 1998.

The sale to Bacardi of the Dewar's brand, its associated distilleries and Bombay Sapphire gin was part of a deal with the British government and international regulators the previous year to win approval for the creation of the enormous drinks company now known as Diageo from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan.

Aultmore's single malt whisky is used by Bacardi primarily for their Dewar’s and William Lawson’s blends. Prior to the Bacardi purchase there were relatively few bottlings of Aultmore although it did pop up intermittently both in official and independent forms. Thankfully the official core range is well established nowadays and indie bottlings are much more common than in previous years.