About Millburn Whisky Distillery
Distillery Founded
1807
Distillery Owner
Diageo
Distillery Status
Dismantled
Distillery Address
Millburn Road, Inverness
1805
A Mr. Welsh founds the distillery on the outskirts of Inverness and names it Inverness Distillery.
1825
Alexander Macdonald and James Rose operate the distillery.
1829
The company Macdonald & Rose is wound up.
1853
The corn dealer David Rose buys the distillery but probably uses it for purposes other than distilling.
1876
Inverness Distillery is reconstructed in order to function as a distillery again.
1881
David Rose’s son George takes over.
1892
Andrew Haig & Co. buys the distillery.
1904
The distillery is renamed Millburn and Millburn Distillery Company is formed.
1921
Booth’s Distillers Limited (distiller of gin) from London acquires the distillery.
1922
A raging fire destroys most of the distillery, but it is rebuilt the same year.
1935
Booth’s Distillers merges with William Sanderson & Co.
1937
Sanderson & Booth’s joins Distillers Company Limited (DCL).
1943
Administration is transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD).
1985
Production ceases and the distillery closes.
1988
The equipment is removed and the facilities are rebuilt as the steakhouse ‘The Auld Distillery’ by the restaurant chain Beefeater.
1995
Millburn 1975 (18 years) is the first official bottling in the Rare Malts series.
2001
Another Rare Malt is launched; Millburn 1975 (25 years).
2005
A 35 year old is launched in the Rare Malt series.
Reproduced from the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2009 with the kind permission of Mr Ingvar Ronde