Royal Brackla distillery
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| Region: Highland | |
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| Location | Nairn |
| Owner | Bacardi (John Dewar & Sons Ltd) |
| Founded | 1812 |
| Status | Active |
| Water source | Cawdor Burn, Cursack Springs and Airfield supply |
| No. of stills | 2 wash stills, 2 spirit stills |
| Capacity | 3,500,000 litres |
Coordinates: 57°32′22.89″N 3°54′19.68″W / 57.5396917°N 3.9054667°W Royal Brackla distillery is a Highland Scotch whisky distillery near Nairn, Scotland. The distillery is operated by John Dewar & Sons Ltd for Bacardi.
The Brackla distillery was built in 1812 by Captain William Fraser of Brackla House on the estate of Cawdor Castle.
The Brackla whisky produced was selected by King William IV of the United Kingdom to be his whisky for the Royal Court, which turned Brackla into the benchmark of Quality.
In 1833 Brackla Distillery became the first whisky distillery to be granted a Royal Warrant by order of King William IV of the United Kingdom. This made Royal Brackla one of only three distilleiess ever honoured to bear the name 'Royal', the others being active distillery Royal Lochnagar and demolished distillery Glenury Royal. Queen Victoria renewed the Royal Warrant in 1838.
In 1839 William Fraser & Co took over the Royal Brackla Distillery and it was passed from William Fraser to his son Robert Fraser in 1852. It was in 1878 that Robert Fraser disposed of the distillery to the firm Robert Fraser & Co and in 1879 the company was reconstructed as the Brackla Distillery Co Ltd.
The 1897 Prospectus reveals that the capital of the company was £100,000, divided into 40,000 preference and 60,000 ordinary shares. The Directors of the company were James Anderson, Wine Merchant, Leith, Andrew Usher of Northfield, John Usher of Norton and Walter C. Newbigging, distiller at Brackla. The Prospectus also reported:
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