The Glen Elgin distillery is located in Fogwatt, Speyside. Built in 1898 by bankers William Simpson and James Carle, it began production in 1900, in the wake of the Pattison Crisis. It closed twice before being sold in 1906 to JJ Blanche & Co, a wine producer. Via the subsidiary Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD), it joined the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) portfolio, who gave the license to White Horse. Unsurprisingly, Glen Elgin played a key role in the eponymous blend. Rare official versions do exist, such as a 12 year old from the 1980s, another released in 2001 for the Flora and Fauna range, and The Manager’‘s Dram 16 Years, but overall Glen Elgin remains the privilege of blends and independent bottlers.

A Glen Elgin 12 year old, released in 2002 alongside Clynelish and Caol Ila in Diageo’’s Hidden Malts range, which continued the task begun in 1988 with the Classic Malts of highlighting the group’’s distilleries that had until then been in the shadow of the blends they helped produce. Glen Elgin 12 Year Old made a brief appearance in the Flora and Fauna range in 2001. An older official version also exists from the 1980s, an era in which the license was owned by White Horse.