Dalmore Distillery
of Alness
Has a single-cylinder horizontal steam engine and a single-cylinder inverted engine both by James Milne and Co c1885
1839 Established by entrepreneur Alexander Matheson
1867 Sold to Andrew and Charles Mackenzie who introduced the 12-pointed Royal Stag emblem.
The Mackenzie brothers began to develop a network of agents and customers outside the local area. They also developed a range of styles under the Dalmore name including some young, almost ‘new make’ whiskies. They also created mature whiskies that had been aged in Sherry casks. Using contacts built up by Alexander Matheson, they also developed export markets in Australia and the Far East. In fact, they can claim that by the early 1870s, Dalmore was the first Scotch malt whisky to be imported into Australia and New Zealand.
The Mackenzie brothers were joined at the distillery by a third brother, William, in 1881 and by 1891 the three brothers purchased the distillery outright from Sir Kenneth Matheson, the son of Sir Alexander.
by 1914 the bulk of the company’s production was sold to blenders such as Andrew Usher of Edinburgh, Bulloch Lade & Co. of Glasgow and John Dewar & Sons of Perth
1927 Mackenzie Brothers (Dalmore) Ltd., was incorporated.
Post WWII a further phase of modernisation including replacing Dalmore’s floor maltings with mechanised Saladin boxes.
1960 the company finally lost its independence when it merged with Whyte and Mackay Ltd. to form a new, publicly listed company, Dalmore, Whyte & Mackay Ltd.
Dalmore, Whyte & Mackay continued until 1972 when it was purchased by Scottish Universal Investment Trust (SUITS).
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- [1] Scotch Whisky