Oban is a fairly isolated distillery, perched on the western edge of the Scottish mainland at the very top of the Kintyre peninsula. The distillery is one of the oldest still active in Scotland, having been established in 1794. Oban is rather unusual in other ways as well, being one of very few remaining urban distilleries - the distillery's founders, John and Hugh Stevenson, owned and operated several businesses in the area and developed the local fishing hamlet into a town, and the distillery has remained comfortably ensconced on the main street.
