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• History of distillery
  • Legal distilling started in 1816 by John Johnston
  • He kept it and also ran another distillery out of the same building (Ardmore)
  • In 1862 Logan Mackie and Co. Buys Lagavulin
    • Became a partner with the current owners then, JC Graham
    • Graham managed the distillery, Mackie handled marketing to glasgow, london, and the colonies
  • 1889 Peter Mackie takes over after Logan dies
    • Peter Created white horse blend in 1890
    • Co-founded Craigellachie
  • Malt Mill
    • Peter starts malt mill in 1908
    • Started because peter was upset over the agency at laphroig
    • Was meant to be similar to laphroig but fell short
    • Ended in 1962
  • 1924 Peter passes and the owning company name is changed to white horse distillery
    • White horse blend was named after an Inn in Edinburgh’s Canongate, also owned by the Mackies
      • Owned by them from 1650-1917, with the death of the last male decendent
    • It was the starting point for a direct coach to london
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  • 1926, the “white horse screwcap” was added, this boomed popularity 
  • 1927 became part of DCL (Distillers Company Limited
  • 1986 by united distillers 
  • 1997  by Diageo
    • Diageo IS DCL, it morphed and changed a few times
• The bottle
  • 2023 special release “The INk of Legends”
  • Meant to impart the idea of mesoamerican Tattooing
  • Finished in Don Julio Anejo Tequila Casks

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