The History Of Teaninich
1817
Captain Hugh Munro, descendant of an ancient family and owner of the estate, builds a distillery on his estate.
1830
After 13 years battling the competition of illicit distilleries for buying grain and selling whisky, Teaninich’s production is up 30-fold. Around this time, Hugh sells the estate as a going concern to his younger brother Lieutenant General John Munro.
1850
John Munro, often on active service in India, decides to lease the distillery to Robert Pattinson from Leith, and later John McGilchrist Ross.
1887
Writer Alfred Barnard describes Teaninich as the only distillery north of Inverness to be lit by electricity, or fitted with telephones.
1895
Another John Munro, a spirit merchant, and Robert Innes Cameron, a giant of the whisky world at the time, take over tenancy.
1898
Roderick Kemp sells his share of Talisker, using the money to buy Macallan.
1904
Robert Innes Cameron becomes the sole proprietor of Teaninich, and operates it until his death in 1932.
1933
The trustees sell to Scottish Malt Distillers Company Limited.
1939
Like many at the time, Teaninich closes due to barley shortages until 1946, when two stills were removed.
1962
Electricity replaces steam and water power at the stillhouse.
1970
The property is modernised again, with a new building next to the old complex, housing six brand new stills.
1973
The milling, mashing and fermentation installations of the old part of the distillery are rebuilt. The distillery now covers some 20 acres, with eight houses for workers.
1975
Another addition, this time to process cattle feed from the distillery’s waste.
1984
The old distillery buildings close.
1985
The newer stills are also shut down.
1991
Teaninich is revived, though the old buildings remained mothballed.
1999
The older buildings are finally decommissioned.
