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Pulteney factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region Country of Origin
Pulteney Old Pulteney distillery Highlands Scotland
Status Active Whisky Type Website Tours Available
Active 1826 - Present Malt Pulteney Not Available
Manager Distiller Blender Owned by Parent Group
Stuart Harvey Inver House Distillers

Pulteney Timeline:

1826: Established by James Henderson, also distiller at Stamster, and carried on by his family under the same style of James Henderson & Co. until 1920

1920: Purchased by James Watson & Co. Ltd., Dundee from the Henderson family

1923: James Watson & Co. Ltd., Dundee acquired by John Dewar & Sons Ltd.

1925: Passed to Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)

1930: Closed

1951: Revived by R. Cumming, Banff

1955: Sold to Hiram Walker & Sons (Scotland) Ltd.

1959: Hiram Walker & Sons (Scotland) Ltd. completely rebuilt the distillery. Licensed to James & George Stodart Ltd. Two stills

1995: Acquired by Inver House

1997: Start of 12yo bottling

1999: Owned by Inver House Distillers Ltd.

2000-Jun-12: Visitor Centre officialy opened by golfer Ronan Rafferty

2004: Owned by Inver House Distillers Ltd.