Loch Ewe distillery was founded in November 2005[2] by John Clotworthy, the hotelier of the Drumchork Lodge Hotel in Aultbea and started its business in 2006.

[3] By then, the founder had already been Whisky Ambassador of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, which represents publicans, restaurateurs, hoteliers, night club owners as well as manufacturers and sellers of alcoholic beverages.

By using a loophole in the 1786 Wash Act, which has subsequently been closed, the distillery acquired a licence after three years of negotiation, so that it could be operated fully legally.

[6][7] Smaller stills of one to five litres content are also available, to enable the participants of training courses to distil their own whisky.

[citation needed] The distillery used an ancient process to extract the alcohol from locally produced mash ingredients.