[1] Lagavulin is owned by Diageo, a multinational beverage alcohol company headquartered in London.

Alongside these, they regularly release a 12-year-old cask strength version and various older and rarer expressions.

Records show illicit distillation in at least ten illegal distilleries on the site as far back as 1742, however.

Walter ran it until 1848 when he moved to Laphroaig and presumably his brother John Crawford Graham took charge.

John Crowford had other business interested in Glasgow and gradually lessened his direct influence over the distillery which left James Logan Mackie in charge from 1856.

In 1895 the two businesses amalgamated as Mackie & Co (Distillers) and began to blend White Horse using whisky from Lagavulin.

In 1908 Mackie and Co were honoured by Royal Warrant Appointment as purveyors of White Horse whisky to King Edward VII.

[9] Lagavulin is known for its producer's use of a slow distillation speed and pear shaped pot stills.