Spey Valley Brewery is the first commercial “micro” brewery to be located in the heart of Speyside, Scotland's whisky country. The company was set up in 2007 by a distiller and a local farmer who set out to produce world-class beers on the farm in Mulben. Initially brewing from a tiny pilot plant, for the first four years the company survived on the owners' day jobs and focused exclusively upon getting the recipes and the products right; distribution was deliberately confined to a limited number of informed, local buyers. It wasn't until 2011 that the first commercial casks arrived in the market. The first product Spey Stout was enthusiastically received by consumers and critically acclaimed throughout the wider brewing world, and, encouraged by this early success, the company expanded production in 2012 and began distributing more widely throughout the North East and further afield. In early 2016, production will move to a dedicated unit still on the farm! that will see the company become the largest brewery in Speyside.