Imperial distillery

Imperial distillery was a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky in Carron, Strathspey.

Imperial distillery

Region: Speyside
Location	Carron, Strathspey, Scotland
Owner	Chivas Brothers
Founded	1897 (1897)
Status	Closed/demolished
Mothballed	1899-1919 1925-1955 1985-1991 1998
Demolished	2013

History

Imperial distillery was built by Thomas Mackenzie in 1897.^[1]

In 1925, Imperial joined The Distillers Company.^[1]

in 1989, Imperial distillery was sold to Allied Distillers.^[2]

The distillery was demolished in 2013 and a new distillery, Dalmunach, established on the site in 2015.^[3][4] Pernod Ricard bought Allied in 2005.^[3]

Whisky

Imperial distillery operated sporadically between 1897 and 1998.^[5] Imperial was mothballed and reopened several times in its hundred-year history. The only official bottling was a 15-year expression, released in the mid 1990s.^[3]

57°27′18.7″N 3°18′5″W