Founded in 1824 by Sir Alexander Ramsey, a leading whisky campaigner of his day, Fettercairn Distillery is one of the oldest licensed distilleries in Scotland. 

In the mid-1950s, the whisky makers at Fettercairn experimented, seeking ways to create a purer expression of their spirit. They found that pouring water down the still cooled the copper, increasing condensation inside so only the lightest vapours could rise for collection. They fashioned a copper tube around the top of the still to continually douse it with water - an ingenious and practical solution which remains unique in Scotch whisky-making to this day.

The distillery carries the unicorn as its emblem, the national animal of Scotland.