Haig is a brand of Scotch whisky, produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. since the early 1820s.[1]
History
Andrew Stein was a local farmer in Clackmannan, who founded a distillery in the early 1720s in the Kennetpans in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, which became Scotland's largest distillery by 1733.[2] It has been called the world's first commercial distillery.[3] Stein had taken over some land and distilling operations from a local monastery. (Stein's distillery is now in ruins, and fund-raising was attempted in early 2015 in an effort to try to preserve its remnants.)[2]
Robert Haig was a distiller in the early 1600s and a member of the Scottish