Distillery Name : Glen Albyn Distillery
Distillery Area : Highland, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1846 - 1983
Current Status : Inactive
Location : Inverness.
Map Grid Reference : NH654459
Current Owner : None
Notes :
Timeline
1846 - Said to have been established by James Sutherland, the Provost of Inverness, using a site of an abandoned brewery.
1847-1852 - Provost James Sutherland of Inverness is licensee.
1849 - Main buildings were destroyed by fire and rebuilding started immediately.
1855 - James Sutherland sequestrated.
c.1866 - Converted into a flour-mill after a period of disuse.
1884 - Building acquired by A.M. Gregory (also Grigor & Co.), a grain merchant, who built an entirely new distillery, naming it Glen Albyn. A railway with a connection to the main line was built as well.
1891-1893 - Glenalbyn Distillery Co.
c.1895 - Incorporated as Glen Albyn Distillery Co. Ltd.
WWI - In use for the manufacture of mines.
1920 - Purchased by Mackinlays & Birnie Ltd., owners of nearby Glen Mhor Distillery, and connected with the Leith blenders Charles Mackinlay & Co.
1972 - Mackinlays & Birnie Ltd acquired by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD) to which they were licensed. Two stills and saladin maltings.
1983 - Distillery closed. Later demolished and the site sold for a shopping complex .
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.
Wormtub.com