Corby Distilleries
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Corby Distilleries Limited is an alcohol manufacturing and distribution company in Canada.
It was founded in 1859 in Corbyville, Ontario
. As of 2008, the company is 46% owned by Pernod Ricard SA. The company distills several Canadian specialities, as well as marketing Pernod Ricard's products in Canada.
It was founded in 1859 in Corbyville, Ontario
Corbyville, Ontario
Corbyville began when a Mr. Henry Corby immigrated to Canada. Mr. Corby had been a baker in England and when he arrived in Belleville in 1832, set up a small food shop. After serving in the Rebellion of 1837 he bought a St...
. As of 2008, the company is 46% owned by Pernod Ricard SA. The company distills several Canadian specialities, as well as marketing Pernod Ricard's products in Canada.
History
- 1905, sold to Mortimer DavisMortimer DavisSir Mortimer Barnett Davis was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, to Samuel Davis and Minnie Falk Davis, he graduated from High School of Montreal and then joined his elder brothers Eugene Harmon and Maurice Edward in the family's cigar business, S. Davis and Sons....
as H. Corby Distillery Company Limited - 1918, sold to Canadian Industrial Alcohol Company Limited, merged with JP Wiser’s Distillery Limited of Prescott, OntarioPrescott, OntarioPrescott is a town of approximately 4,180 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, 5 km east of Prescott in Johnstown, connects it with Ogdensburg, New York...
, J.M. Douglas and Company Limited, and Robert Macnish and Co. Limited of ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. - 1935 Hiram Walker – Gooderham & Worts Ltd acquires 51% share
- 1952, company wins right to produce United Rum Merchants of London's Lamb's Rum in Canada
- 1954, company buys stake in Tia MariaTia MariaTia Maria is a coffee liqueur made originally in Jamaica using Jamaican coffee beans. The main flavor ingredients are coffee beans, cane spirit, vanilla, and sugar, blended to an alcoholic content of 31.5% ....
- 1969, named changed to "Corby Distilleries Limited – Les Distilleries Corby Limitée"
- 1978, purchases Meagher’s Distillery Limited of Montreal and its subsidiary, The William Mara Company of Toronto.
- 1985, Corby's parent company is purchased by Allied Lyons PLC
- 1988, Corby divests itself of Robert MacNish Scotch Company, purchases McGuinness Distilling Co. Ltd from HeubleinHeubleinHeublein Inc. was an American producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages and food throughout the 20th century...
, and the spirits division of Nabisco brandsNabiscoNabisco is an American brand of cookies and snacks. Headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, the company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Kraft Foods. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a production facility at 7300 S...
. - 1989, distillery in Corbyville, Ontario closes
- 1991, Corby buys Upper Canada Brewing Company Limited, resold in 1995