[3] The distillery was of considerable size for its day and ran as a successful commercial enterprise for several decades, being handed down through several generations of the Smith family.

However, records of its annual production volumes of whisky can be found in tax returns, which show it producing 28,056 “Total Gallons of Proof Spirit” during 1826 (roughly 125,000 litres) – making it the biggest distillery in Caithness at the time.

[5] In 2012 a private consortium gained approval from the Caithness planning authorities to build a new Wolfburn distillery in Henderson Park, Thurso.

The reinvented Wolfburn site consists of four buildings: the distillery itself and three warehouses for the laying down of casks.

The inaugural whisky was launched globally in March 2016 and has gone on to win several gold medal awards in international competitions.