In the summer of 1886, with his seven sons and two daughters by his side, William set out to fulfil a lifelong ambition. Together they began building his Distillery by hand, stone by stone. After a single year of work it was ready and William named it Glenfiddich, Gaelic for Valley of the Deer. Glenfiddich has since gone on to win more awards than any other distillery.

This is claimed to be the first single malt scotch to use the Solera method of blending and aging.