Teaninich distillery was founded and built in 1817 by Hugh Munro on his estate of
Teaninich Castle. Despite an initial difficulty of procuring barley whisky owing to a high demand from illegal distilleries, by 1830 Teaninich produced 30 times more spirit than it did at its founding. As an officer he spent most of his time in India, so he decided to rent the distillery out to
Robert Pattison in 1850. The lease lasted to 1869 after which Munro leased it to John McGilchrist Ross. In 1904 Cameron, who also owned stakes in
Benrinnes,
Linkwood and
Tamdhu, took over the distillery completely. After Cameron died in 1933 the distillery was sold to The
Distillers Company . The four older stills remained in operation alongside the new stills. The old side of the distillery was then updated over the next decade. First, new installations for milling, mashing and fermentation were built in 1973, and in 1975 the distillery added a dark grains plant, which produces cattle feed from the
draff.
Guinness merged with
Grand Metropolitan in 1997 to form
Diageo. The new side of Teaninich distillery resumed production in 1991. The old side did not resume production, and was demolished in 1999. == Production ==