Distillery Name : Benromach Distillery / Forres Distillery
Distillery Area : Highland, Speyside, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1825 - Present
Current Status : Active
Location : Forres, Moray.
Map Grid Reference : NJ033593
Current Owner : Gordon & MacPhail.
Notes :
Timeline
1898 - Built by the Benromach Distillery Co., partners Duncan McCallum, previously of Glen Nevis Distillery, Campbeltown, and F.W. Brickman, a spirit dealer from Leith.
1900 - Opened but closed at once.
1907-1910 - Operated as Forres Distillery, proprietor Duncan McCallum.
1911 - Acquired by Harvey McNair & Co.
1914 - Distillery closed.
c.1918 - Revived after World War I by Benromach Distillery Ltd.
1925-38 - Distillery closed.
1938 - Purchased by Associated Scottish Distilleries Ltd. (ASD), a subsidiary of Train & McIntyre Ltd., itself owned by National Distillers of America.
1938 - Direct oil firing of the stills introduced.
1953 - Train & McIntyre Ltd. purchased by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and Benromach transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD).
1966 - Re-built
1974 - Re-built. Two stills. Licensed to J. & W. Hardie Ltd., South Queensferry, West Lothian.
1983 - Distillery closed while owned by United Distillers (UD).
1992 or 1993 - Acquired by Gordon & MacPhail.
1997 - work begins to re-open the distillery.
October 1998 - Reopened by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales.
1999 - Malt Whisky Centre (formerly the Drier House) opened.
2024 - The Distillery continues to produce whisky.
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.
Wormtub.com
Wikipedia.org