Macallan Distillery was founded in 1824 by Alexander Reid under the name Elchies Distillery. Located near Easter Elchies House, in Craigellachie, in the Speyside region of Scotland. It was one of the first to open after the Distillery Legalization Act of the early 1800s and in 1892, following a change of ownership, took the name Macallan-Glenlivet, later changed to just Macallan. Over the years, the distillery became famous for its aging in former sherry casks, early bottlings dedicated to Italian importers, and glorious exports in the 1970s and 1980s, coming to earn the reputation that today makes Macallan considered the king of single malt whiskies-a true status symbol in the world of spirits.