Inver House Distillers

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 Ltd.

Industry	Drink industry
Founded	1964
Founder	S. S. Neuman
Headquarters	Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Parent	ThaiBev

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.

History

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.^[1]

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 .^[1]

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.^[1] 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]

Whisky distilleries

Inver House operates five whisky distilleries in Scotland:^[4]

• Balblair distillery
• Balmenach distillery
• Knockdhu distillery
• Old Pulteney distillery
• Speyburn distillery

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.^[5]

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]

Brands

Inver House beverage brands include:^[8]

Scotch whisky:

Single malt Scotch whisky: anCnoc, Balblair, Old Pulteney, Speyburn

Blended Scotch whisky: Hankey Bannister

Former brands

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.^[9] A relaunch in 2000 involved adding vanilla and chocolate to the blend.^[11] It was discontinued in the late 2010s.^{[citation needed]}