Port Ellen 1978 22 year old / ポートエレン 1978 22年 . The distillery was built by AK Mackay in 1820, Port Ellen is a harbourg town on Islay's south coast, After being bought by John Ramsay in 1836, it began exporting its whisky. It was the first Scottish distillery to export its single malt to the United States.The history of the distillery was quite eventful, alternating periods of production and periods of closure until 1983, date of de