| Inver House Distillers Ltd. | |
| Industry: | Drink industry |
| Foundation: | 1964 |
| Founder: | S. S. Neuman |
| Location: | Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
| Parent: | ThaiBev |
Inver House Distillers Ltd. is a Scotch whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of ThaiBev, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in Southeast Asia.
Inver House Distillers owns and operates five whisky distilleries: Balblair distillery, Balmenach distillery, Pulteney distillery Knockdhu distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells blended whisky under the Hankey Bannister brand.
The company was established in 1964 as a subsidiary of the American company, Publicker Industries of Philadelphia. Publicker Industries had successfully launched Inver House Rare, a brand of blended Scotch whisky in 1956. However, as a result of industry demand, there were not sufficient stocks to meet sales.
Under the chairmanship of Mr S. S. Neuman, a site was acquired at Airdrie in March 1964, and a fully integrated complex was constructed, including Glen Flagler malt distillery and Garnheath grain distillery .
Following the death of the founder, there was a period of decline in the fortunes of the company.[1]
In 1979, Standard Brands acquired Inver House from Publicker.[2] The operations became the subject of a management buyout in January 1988. The company was then sold by the management to become a wholly owned subsidiary of International Beverage Holdings (InterBev), the international arm of Singapore-listed Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) in 2006.[3]
Inver House operates five whisky distilleries in Scotland:[4]
Former distilleries
Glen Flagler distillery (also known as Glenflagler) is a inactive Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland with distillation commencing in 25 February 1965. Glen Flagler was subsequently closed in July 1985. [5] The site was converted in an Inver House warehouse facility.
Garnheath distillery was a Scotch whisky grain distillery in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland founded in 1964, with distillation commencing in February 1965.[6] Garnheath distillery was closed and demolished by Inver House Distillers Limited in July 1986.[7]
Inver House beverage brands include:[8]
Scotch whisky:
Single malt Scotch whisky: anCnoc, Balblair, Old Pulteney, Speyburn
Blended Scotch whisky: Hankey Bannister
Heather Cream was a Scottish cream liqueur made from cream and single malt Scotch whisky from Balblair distillery.[9] [10] It was first produced in 1980. A relaunch in 2000 involved adding vanilla and chocolate to the blend.[11] It was discontinued in the late 2010s.