Tullibardine

The Distillery draws its water from the Danny Burn the same source which fed the first public brewery in Scotland and from where King James IV purchased beer to celebrate his coronation in 1488.

The Tullibardine whisky distillery established in 1949 on the site of a former brewery. Designed by the architect of the Jura and Glenallachie distilleries, William Delme-Evans.

Sold to Brodie Hepburn Ltd in 1953.

Invergordon acquired the distillery in 1971 and they carried out a rebuild in 1974 with another pair of stills added to the original pair.

The distillery passed to Whtye & Mackay in 1993, only two years later to be mothballed.

In June 2003, the distillery was purchased by a business consortium with plans to create a retail complex and tourist attraction with the distillery as its core.

In the December of 2003, Tullibardine distillery once again fired up the boiler and spirit flowed from the stills for the first time in nearly nine years.

Throughout the re-commissioning process, care was taken to maintain as many of the traditional methods of production as possible and utilise the skills of the distillery manager and operators in producing the Tullibardine spirit.

By this time Tullibardine malt whisky had become the signature malt in the famous Highland Queen blend. First made available in 1897, the brand was sold to the Pichard family in 2008.

The 2008 recession and resulting 2009 property collapse made trading difficult. Eventually the owners sell the distillery and retail centre to the French company Pichard Vins & Spiritueux in 2011.

With growing interest in the Tullibardine as a single malt whisky the company invested in a vatting hall, bottling line. plus more warehousing with a cooperage.