The first distillery in the village of Aberlour was established in 1825 and ran until 1833, when James and John Grant left to build their own distillery, Glen Grant, in Rothes. The current distillery was built by James Fleming in 1879 using water from St. Drostan’s Well.

Like many Victorian distilleries, it burnt down and, in 1898, had to be rebuilt.

The distillery became part of Campbell Distillers in 1945, passing into the Pernod Ricard stable in 1974.