Meridian Cask was founded in 1895 by Alasdair Mackenzie, a former farm worker who bought the lease on a derelict grain mill on the banks of the Moriston river and spent three years converting it into a functioning distillery. The copper stills were cast by a smithy in Inverness. The first spirit ran in the winter of 1898.
The distillery passed through five generations of the Mackenzie family before the current owners — a partnership of three families with deep roots in Highland whisky production — acquired it in 2009. The agreement included one non-negotiable condition: the copper pot stills would never be replaced.
We have honoured that condition. Both stills are original. Both have been repaired, extended, and maintained — but never replaced. Their shape is the signature of every bottle we produce.
