The Strathisla distillery was first established as Milltown Distillery in 1786 and is the oldest operating distillery in northern Scotland. The name of distillery was first changed to Strathisla in the 1870's and there was fire damage to the distillery in 1876. Strathisla Distillery was acquired by Chivas Brothers Ltd in 1950 and in 1965 stills were increased from 2 to 4.