Coleburn distillery

Coleburn distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Longmorn, Elgin in Scotland.

History
The distillery was founded in 1897 by John Robertson & Son.

In 1915 was sold to the Clynelish Distillery Company, which John Risk owned, John Walker & Sons and DCL.

In 1985, Coleburn distillery was mothballed.

in 1986, DCL. was acquired by Guinness and was renamed as United Distillers in 1987.

In 1997, Guinness merged with Grand Metropolitan to create Diageo wish become the owner of Coleburn distillery.

In 2004, the distillery buildings were sold to the Winchester Brothers with plans to transform the distillery grounds into a whisky resort.

In 2014, Coleburn’s dunnage warehouses were leased to Aceo, owner of an independent bottler Murray McDavid that also has plans to restart whisky production on the site.

In 2024, Winchester Brothers announced that the Coleburn distillery bistro will open later in the year with plans for the distillery restart producing whisky in 2025.