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Imperial distillery

Region: Speyside
Location	Carron, Strathspey, Scotland
Owner	Chivas Brothers
Founded	1897 (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.

History

Imperial distillery was built by Thomas Mackenzie in 1897.

In 1925, Imperial joined The Distillers Company.

in 1989, Imperial distillery was sold to Allied Distillers.

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

Whisky

Imperial distillery operated sporadically between 1897 and 1998. 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.

57°27′18.7″N 3°18′5″W / 57.455194°N 3.30139°W / 57.455194; -3.30139

References

1. ^ "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. ^ 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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