Publicker Industries Inc. - Beverage Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company.

Inver House Distillers Limited is a malt whisky distiller, based in Airdrie, Scotland. The company is a subsidiary of ThaiBev, one of the largest alcoholic-beverage companies in Southeast Asia.

Inver House Distillers owns and operates five distilleries: Balblair distillery, Balmenach distillery, Knockdhu distillery, Pulteney distillery, and Speyburn distillery, and sells blended whisky under their own name.

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 Scotch whisky 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 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, Standard Brands acquired Inver House from Publicker. The operations became the subject of a management buyout 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.

Heather Cream was a Scottish cream liqueur made from cream and single malt Scotch whisky from Balblair distillery. 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.

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