Imperial distillery

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Imperial distillery
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Region: Speyside
Location Carron, Strathspey, Scotland
Owner Chivas Brothers
Founded1897 (1897)
StatusClosed/demolished
Mothballed1899-1919
1925-1955
1985-1991
1998
Demolished2013

Imperial distillery was a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky in Carron, Strathspey.

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History

Imperial distillery was built by Thomas Mackenzie in 1897. [1]

In 1925, Imperial joined The Distillers Company. [1]

in 1989, Imperial distillery was sold to Allied Distillers. [2]

The distillery was demolished in 2013 and a new distillery, Dalmunach, established on the site in 2015. [3] [4] Pernod Ricard bought Allied in 2005. [3]

Whisky

Imperial distillery operated sporadically between 1897 and 1998. [5] Imperial was mothballed and reopened several times in its hundred-year history. The only official bottling was a 15-year expression, released in the mid 1990s. [3]

57°27′18.7″N3°18′5″W / 57.455194°N 3.30139°W / 57.455194; -3.30139

References

  1. 1 2 "Imperial Distillery | Scotch Whisky". scotchwhisky.com. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Pernod Ricard successfully completes acquisition of Allied Domecq Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine , from the Pernod Ricard website
  3. 1 2 3 Urquhart, Frank (16 April 2013). "Chivas Brothers Speyside distillery given go-ahead". Johnston Publishing Ltd. The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Dalmunach Distillery opened by Nicola Sturgeon". BBC. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Difford, Simon (7 August 2012). "Ghost Distillery: Imperial Distillery". diffordsguide.com. odd firm of sin. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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