Distillery Name : Coleburn Distillery
Distillery Area : Highland, Speyside, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1897 - 1985
Current Status : Inactive
Location : Longmorn, Nr. Elgin, Moray.
Map Grid Reference : NJ240553
Current Owner :
Notes : Winchester Brothers
Timeline
1897 - Established by John Robertson & Son Ltd., blenders from Dundee.
1916 - The distillery was bought by the Clynelish Distillery Co. Ltd.
1930 - Jointly owned by John Risk, the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and John Walker & Sons Ltd.
Transferred to the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and by them to Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD). Two stills. Licensed to J. & G. Stewart, Edinburgh.
Late 1950's & 1960's - Some conversion were made. The mash house was rebuilt, condensers replaced the worm tubs, and the stills were provided with internal steam coils.
1985 - Distillery closed and dismantled.
1992 - License cancelled.
1999 - Owned by United Distillers (UD).
2004 - The distillery buildings were sold to the Winchester Brothers with plans to transform the distillery grounds into a whisky resort.
2014 - Coleburn’s dunnage warehouses were leased to Aceo, owner of independent bottler Murray McDavid.
2024 - Winchester Brothers announced that the Coleburn distillery bistro will open later in the year with plans for the distillery to restart producing whisky in 2025.
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.
Wormtub.com
Wikipedia.org