Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

Sherry cask #29 was filled on 8th July 2009

The Optic barley used for the whisky was grown on the farm's South Field and harvested in the last week of August 2006 before being malted in the summer of 2007. Bottled at cask strength, this is one of 629 bottles released exclusively for the United Kingdom in Autumn 2020.