THE HISTORY OF TULLIBARDINE AS A LOCATION FOR BREWING AND DISTILLING IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN SCOTLAND, DATING BACK TO THE 15TH CENTURY. OUR STORY BEGINS IN 1488, WHEN A YOUNG KING JAMES, IV OF SCOTLAND, STOPPED BY BEFORE HIS CORONATION TO PURCHASE BEER FROM THE LOCAL BREWERY. THIS BREWERY WAS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING FINE BEER AS A RESULT OF THE LOCAL WATER SOURCE. BY 1503, THE KING HAD GRANTED THEM A ROYAL CHARTER.