Coleburn Distillery was established by John Robertson and Son in 1897, in the area of Longmorn just south of Elgin. Designed by the famous Victorian architect Charles Doig, the building was completed in 1899 and production ran until 1913 when the distillery suffered the first of its closures. Production was restarted three years later, but unfortunately like many other distilleries in the 1980s, it was mothballed in 1985. Rarely released as a single malt, for much of its life Coleburn was dedicated to producing Speyside spirit to be used in popular blended whiskies of the time.