List of products by brand CARDHU

HISTORY AND HERITAGE
John and Helen Cumming first began illicit distilling in 1811. They were so successful that in 1824 the distillery was licensed and named Cardhu. Cardhu is special. The distillery has been successfully run by two generations of women: Helen and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth, who took over the management of Cardhu after the death of her husband Lewis. Both Helen and Elizabeth have made Cardhu the whisky we know today, honing its flavour and character to produce an easy, elegant and generous spirit, born of hard work and determination.

Cardhu’s origins date back to 1811 when John Cumming and his wife Helen took over the lease of Cardhu Farm. Like many of their country neighbours, they began distilling illicitly, with Helen Cumming cleverly fooling the excise men by inviting them into her home, disguising the fermentation as cooking, then slipping out to alert her fellow distillers by waving a red flag.

John Cumming was granted a distillery licence, marking the official founding of Cardhu in 1824. Over the next few years, Cardhu became a family business, with all their children all having a part to play in the business. Elizabeth Cumming decided to keep running the business after the death of her husband, Cumming's eldest son, in 1872.

In 1893, Elizabeth sold the business to John Walker & Sons with the sole condition that the family continue to run the distillery. Before her death, Elizabeth built cottages with running water for the distillery's employees, ensuring that Cardhu remained at the heart of the community and keeping her mother-in-law's legacy alive.

Cardhu is now one of the world's leading single malt Scotch whiskies, distilled at one of Speyside's first legal distilleries.