Ben Nevis was founded in 1825 by 'Long' John Macdonald and stayed in his family until 1941, when it was bought by the eccentric Canadian Joseph Hobbs. Hobbs already owned several other distilleries (including Bruichladdich), and would go on to found Lochside in 1957, taking the unusual step of installing Coffey stills for grain whisky productio ... Read More »