Scotland, Speyside. Distillery operational. Owner: Diageo

Founded in 1860, Dailuaine was quickly incorporated into the Distillers Company Limited, which saved a large number of Scottish distilleries from closure at the end of the First World War. From then on, it became a key component in the blends Buchanan and Johnnie Walker. Its name was also associated with that of the Talisker distillery, with which it formed part of the group Dailuaine - Talisker Distilleries Ltd. for some 15 years between 1989 and 1915. A trademark still by found by a lucky few on historic bottlings of Talisker. Bottlings in its own name are extremely limited and found in the ranges The Rare Malts Selection, Flora & Fauna and Manager's Dram. Notably, however, a superb limited edition was released in 1997 in the very brief Flora & Fauna Cask Strength range, a sherry cask 1980 vintage.

A Dalouaine 10 year old single cask (#1602) distilled in 2007 and bottled by The Creative Whisky Company. The Creative Whisky Company was founded in 2005 by David and Dawn Stirk. David previously worked at Cadenhead and has written extensively about whisky in magazines, as well as in several books, including “The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World” and “The Malt Whisky Guide”. The first bottlings were released in 2011 in the ranges Exclusive Malts, Exclusive Grains, Exclusive Blends and Exclusive Rum. A limited edition of 307 bottles.