Foundations were laid the following year and the distillery, built using eye-catching local grey granite, began production in October 1894.

Fuelled by a 16 horse power steam engine and deemed capable of turning out 2,500 gallons of spirit a week, Knockdhu was regarded at the time as the embodiment
of a modern distillery.

By the end of the century, the number of staff had risen
to 19, and photographs from that time depict a workforce which is clearly aware they are producing something special - a whisky that would stand the test of time.