Balblair Distillery
From Graces Guide
Balblair Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland.
- 1790 Originally founded
- 1895 The distillery was rebuilt by the designer Charles C Doig to be closer to the Edderton Railway Station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway line. However, so good was the original water source that the rebuilt distillery chose to ignore a nearby burn in favour of the original Ault Dearg burn. To this day, the Balblair Distillery continues to use this original water source.
- 1824 John Ross, the founder, ran Balblair as a thriving business and in 1824 he was joined by his son, Andrew.
- 1894 The distillery stayed in the Ross family until 1894 when the tenancy was taken over by Alexander Cowan.
- In 1948 the freehold was bought by Robert Cumming, who promptly expanded the distillery and increased production.
- 1970 Cumming ran the distillery until he retired in 1970 when he sold it to Hiram Walker.
- In 1996 Balblair Distillery was purchased by Inver House Distillers
- Balblair has one of the oldest archives in distilling, with the first ledger entry dated 25th January 1800. John Ross himself penned that first entry, which read: “Sale to David Kirkcaldy at Ardmore, one gallon of whisky at £1.8.0d”.
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia