Pulteney
Distillery Factsheet
Name | Pronounced | AKA | Region | Country of Origin |
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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.