MacNab Distilleries

MacNab Distilleries Ltd is a former Scottish blending company that today exists as a subsidiary of Allied Domecq in the UK where it is now serves non-whisky related activities as part of the group. It is ultimately part of the French multinational, Pernod Ricard. The company was established in 1933 by American businessman, Joseph William Hobbs. It was later sold to a Spanish firm called Destilerias y Crianzas (DYC) in 1973 before it in turn was acquired by what was then known as Pedro Domecq in 1989.

The company is perhaps best known for blending and bottling its Sandy MacNab brand of Scotch whisky. Under Spanish ownership it also marketed a single malt brand for Lochside, the Highland distillery operated by the company between 1957 and 1992. Like Hobbs' other distillery, Ben Nevis, it is also notable for having produced both malt and grain whisky under his ownership, as well as filling casks of both spirits that were blended prior to ageing (known as "blended at birth" whisky).