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| Region: Speyside | |
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| Location | Carron, Strathspey, Scotland |
| Owner | Chivas Brothers |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Status | Closed/demolished |
| Mothballed | 1899-1919 1925-1955 1985-1991 1998 |
| Demolished | 2013 |
Imperial distillery was a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky in Carron, Strathspey.
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]
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]
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