About The Cairn Distillery
The Cairn Distillery sits at Craggan, just outside Grantown-on-Spey, in the Cairngorms National Park. Opened by Gordon & MacPhail in 2022, it is the company’s second distillery after Benromach and draws on more than a century of whisky maturation and bottling experience. The building was designed to sit within its Highland setting, with features such as a turf roof and landscaping intended to blend into the surrounding environment.
Production uses Scottish malted barley, fresh local water and copper pot stills, with the distillery built around long-term single malt production. Its own spirit first ran in 2022, with early limited releases offering a first look at the developing style while more mature stock continues to age. The CRN57° range of blended malts also gives visitors and drinkers a sense of the sherry-led, unpeated character The Cairn is aiming to build over time.