Hunter Laing was established in 2013 as an independent bottler of Scotch whisky when founder Stewart Laing left the family business Douglas Laing Co. after almost fifty years. Laing founded the Hunter Laing business with his two sons Scott and Andrew after the split, in which he and his brother Fred Laing Jr divided the Douglas Laing company’s assets.

Hunter Laing took over the Old Malt Cask and Old and Rare Platinum Selection single malt whisky ranges from Douglas Laing, as well as merging with Andrew and Scott’s previously established Edition Spirits company. Hunter Laing also retained the Douglas Laing House of Peers blended whisky and has since introduced several new proprietary whisky brands and different ranges of single malts and blended whiskies including Hepburn's Choice, Distiller's Art and the mystery Islay malt Scarabus.

In 2016 Hunter Laing acquired planning permission for a new distillery to be built in the northeast of Islay between Bunnahabhain and Caol Ila. Construction of the Ardnahoe distillery began in early 2017 with Islay legend Jim McEwan on board as production director and the distillery was completed in 2018 with the first spirit running in October of that year.