Distillery
Tullibardine
Capacity
2,500,000 litres
Founded
1949
Status
Active
Address
Blackford, Perthshire
Owner
Tullibardine Distillery Ltd
Website
www.tullibardine.com
Historical Facts
1100
A brewery was built on the site of today’s Tullibardine distillery.
1488
The Scottish King, James IV, purchases beer produced at the brewery. The brewery sources water from the same spring that the modern Tullibardine distillery currently uses.
1949
The architect William Delmé-Evans found the distillery.
1953
The distillery is sold to Brodie Hepburn.
1971
Invergordon Distillers buys Brodie Hepburn Ltd.
1973
The number of stills doubles from two to four.
1993
Whyte & Mackay (owned by Fortune Brands) buys Invergordon Distillers.
1994
Tullibardine is mothballed.
1996
Whyte & Mackay changes name to JBB (Greater Europe).
2001
JBB (Greater Europe) is bought out from Fortune Brands by management and changes name to Kyndal (Whyte & Mackay from 2003).
2003
A consortium including Michael Beamish buys Tullibardine in June for £1.1 million. The distillery is in production again by December. The first official bottling from the new owners is a 10 year old from 1993.
2004
Three vintage malts, from 1964, 1973 and 1988 respectively, are launched. Tullibardine 1488 Shop and 1488 Café opens.
2005
Three wood finishes from 1993, port, muscatel and marsala are launched together with a 1986 John Black selection.
2006
Vintage 1966 (plus a special World Cup version), Sherry Wood 1993 and a new John Black selection are launched.
2007
Five different wood finishes are released as well as a couple of single cask vintages.
2008
A Vintage 1968 40 year old is released.
Credit:
Reproduced from the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2009 with the kind permission of Mr Ingvar Ronde.