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Pulteney factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region
Pulteney Old Pulteney distillery Highlands
Country of Origin Status Active Whisky Type
Scotland Active 1826 - Present Malt
Website Tours Available Owned by Parent Group
Pulteney Not Available Inver House Distillers

Pulteney Timeline:

1826: Established by James Henderson, also distiller at Stamster, and carried on by his family under the same style of James Henderson & Co. until 1920

1920: Purchased by James Watson & Co. Ltd., Dundee from the Henderson family

1923: James Watson & Co. Ltd., Dundee acquired by John Dewar & Sons Ltd.

1925: Passed to Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)

1930: Closed

1951: Revived by R. Cumming, Banff

1955: Sold to Hiram Walker & Sons (Scotland) Ltd.

1959: Hiram Walker & Sons (Scotland) Ltd. completely rebuilt the distillery. Licensed to James & George Stodart Ltd. Two stills

1995: Acquired by Inver House

1997: Start of 12yo bottling

1999: Owned by Inver House Distillers Ltd.

2000-Jun-12: Visitor Centre officialy opened by golfer Ronan Rafferty

2004: Owned by Inver House Distillers Ltd.

Can I tour Pulteney?

Yes Pulteney distillery is tourable. On Trip Advisor the distillery has been rated as excellent by 170 of 254 tours to date. This gives Pulteney an overall rating of 4.5