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About Old Pulteney

Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky is distilled at Pulteney Distillery in Wick, on the shores of north-eastern Scotland. They  produce hand-crafted single malt whiskies and age them next to the sea, thereby giving them an unmistakable coastal character.
Their story is inseparable from the sea and the bountiful opportunities it brought – forever intertwined not only with our maritime climate but with the community, heritage and spirit of our coastal home of Wick.

The distillery was founded in 1826 by James Henderson and was named after the newly developed Pulteneytown area of Wick. At the time it was one (and still is) of the most northerly on the Scottish mainland, and due to a lack of conventional roads, was only accessible by sea. The raw barley was brought in by boat and the whisky was then shipped out by distillery workers who were also herring fishermen.

The dedicated distillery team, led by Malcolm Waring, produce approximately 900,000 litres of single malt scotch whisky a year. Their dedication to their craft embodies the heritage, spirit and heart of Wick – every one of them proud to produce Old Pulteney, the Maritime Malt.

About Highland

The vast size of the area makes it difficult to generalize about the style of whisky made here, which ranges from powerful, rich and full-bodied in the north and west to lighter, sherried and more delicate in the south and east. Commonly found descriptors of a Highland single malt are a spectrum of fruity and honeyed to smoky, spicy, and robust.

Distilleries found along the northern coast will have a subtle briny or salty character although not as prominent as malts from the Islands.

Alongside Islay, the Highlands is one of the biggest regions for producing peated malt whiskies with heavily peated, full-bodied selections having more of a pine forest spectrum of flavors. Historically, peat was a fuel source to dry barley at the end of the malting process, however, modernization has made this process redundant.