The story of Crabbie’s began in Edinburgh, 1801 when Miller Crabbie became the father of a young boy – John Crabbie. Born into a thriving grocery and spirit merchant family business in one of the poorest and heavily industrialised areas of Edinburgh, John Crabbie went on to found John Crabbie & Co, and capitalised on the nearby port of Leith, providing him access to ingredients from all over the world.

In the 19th Century, John Crabbie headed to the far east to source only the finest ginger; the same ginger that’s used today in our Alcoholic Ginger Beer. It was while sourcing these ingredients on his travels that John encountered his first elephant and immediately fell in love with the noble beasts, hence the elephant emblem that remains on our packaging to this day.