Inver House Distillers Limited is a malt whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of

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, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in

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. Inver House Distillers owns and operates five distilleries:

Balblair distillery Balblair distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland. Founded in 1790, the distillery was rebuilt in 1895 by the designer Charles C Doig to be closer to the Edderton Railway Station on the Inverness an ...

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, Knockdhu distillery, Pulteney distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells

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under their own name.

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

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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 2 malt distilleries—

Glenflagler Glenflagler distillery, (also known as Glen Flagler) was located in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, produced the Lowland Single Malts, Lowland single malt whisky Glen Flagler. Glen Flagler distillation commenced on 25 February 1965 and the ...

and Killyloch—and a grain distillery Garnheath. Following the death of the founder, there was a period of decline in the fortunes of the company. In 1979,

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acquired Inver House from Publicker. The operations became the subject of a

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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.

Products

Heather Cream was a Scottish

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made from

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and

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from

. It was first produced in 1980. A relaunch in 2000 involved adding vanilla and chocolate to the blend. It was discontinued in the late 2010s.

References

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* Scottish malt whisky 1964 establishments in Scotland Companies based in North Lanarkshire Airdrie, North Lanarkshire British companies established in 1964 Food and drink companies established in 1964 {{Scotland-company-stub