Benriach

Distillery Name : Benriach-Glenlivet Distillery

Distillery Area : Highland, Speyside, Scotland

Product : Malt Whisky

Operated Between : 1898 - 1900, 1965 - Present

Current Status : Active

Location : Longmorn, Moray.

Map Grid Reference : NJ229585

Current Owner : Brown-Forman Corporation

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Timeline

1898 - Established by John Duff, owner of nearby Longmorn Distillery.

1900 - Purchased by Longmorn Distillery Co. Ltd.

1900 - Distillery closed, floor maltings continue for nearby Longmorn Distillery.

1965 - Rebuilt by The Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. All stills became steam-heated.

1977 - The Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. is taken over by the Seagram Company Ltd. of Canada. Three stills. Floor maltings still in use.

1990 - Floor maltings in use again.

2001 - Seagram merge with Pernod Ricard, distillery open for only three months of each year.

May 2004 - Sold to Intra Trading (Benriach Distillery Company Limited) (Bill Walker, formerly of Burn Stewart, Geoff Bell & Wayne Kieswetter) for approximately £ 5.4 million.

2016 - Company and assets sold to Brown-Forman Corporation for approximately £285 million.

 

References

The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.

Wormtub.com

Wikipedia.org