Old Pulteney Distillery

The Old Pulteney Distillery is located in the town of Wick, at the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland. At the beginning of the 19th century, this remote place was considered the herring capital of Europe. To quench the thirst of the port workers and fishermen, James Henderson founded the distillery in 1826 and named it after the then director of the British Fisheries Society, Sir William Johnstone Pulteney.
The immediate proximity to the sea and the salty sea air still characterize the unmistakable style of Old Pulteney and have made it Scotland’s most famous „Maritime Single Malt“. All malts have deliberately been dispensed with cooling filtration and the addition of dyes.