Balblair Distillery
Balblair Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland.
1790 Originally founded
1824 John Ross, the founder, ran Balblair as a thriving business and in 1824 he was joined by his son, Andrew.
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.
1894 The distillery stayed in the Ross family until 1894 when the tenancy was taken over by Alexander Cowan.
1948 the freehold was bought by Robert Cumming, who promptly expanded the distillery and increased production.
1970 Cumming retired and sold the distillery to Hiram Walker.
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”.