Before Hunter Laing
Stewart's father, Frederick Laing, set up Douglas Laing & Co as a blending firm in Glasgow in 1948.6,7 In 2010 Stewart's son Andrew founded his own bottler, , with the First Editions brand.
Peated
Stewart Laing and his sons started this Glasgow bottler in May 2013, after he and his brother Fred split the assets of their family firm, Douglas Laing & Co.1,2,3 Ardnahoe, an Islay distillery built with £12m from the firm, began making spirit in October 2018; its accounts call the Ardnahoe business a sister company.3,4,5