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Glen Mhor
Glen Mhor was one of three now-lost Highland malt distilleries that once operated in the city of Inverness. Designed by Charles Doig and opened in 1894, it was founded by Mackinlay's & Birnie, a co-venture between the Leith-based blending firm, Charles Mackinlay & Co, and former Glen Albyn distillery manager, John Birnie.
Just a small two-still operation, the distillery was eventually acquired by the Distillers Company who deemed it surplus to requirements during their era of oversupply in the 1980s. Glen Mhor was closed in 1983 and the site demolished entirely just three years later.
The earliest sales of the Glen Mhor brand were by Charles Mackinlay & Co, beginning around the 1950s. They bottled a variety of age statements that included 6-, 8 and 10-year-olds, which became particularly popular in the Italian market. By the beginning of the 1970s, only the 10-year-old was still in production and was notably bottled by Mackinlay's using the same glass containers it used for the Isle of Jura brand.
When the Distillers Company acquired the distillery in 1972, its historic connection to Mackinlay's was severed and no further Glen Mhor distillery bottlings were produced in its years of operation. Instead, Distillers Company licensed the Glen Mhor brand to Gordon & MacPhail who subsequently continued to sell what they refer to as their "Distillery Label" versions of Glen Mhor into the 21st century.
The only official distillery bottlings produced after its closure were two entries to the Rare Malts Selection by Diageo, one in 2001 and another in 2005.
1997-present (name only)
1986-1997 (name only)
1972-1986
1894-1972
Former brands
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