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| Owner = [[Dewar's|John Dewar & Sons, Ltd]]<br>([[Bacardi]])
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==History==
Aberfeldy Distillery was founded by the [[Dewars|John Dewar & Sons, Ltd.]] in 1896,<ref name="Arthur">{{cite book|isbn=9057642360|title=The single malt companion|author=Helen Arthur|publisher=Libero|year=2002|orig-year=1997|translator=Lisbeth Machielsen|language=nl|page=52}}</ref> and opened in 1898.<ref name="Maclean"/> The distillery is located on the eastern outskirts of [[Aberfeldy, Scotland|Aberfeldy]], on the southern bank of the upper Tay.
 
The demand for barley as a basic foodstuff during [[World War I]] led to the distillery being closed from 1917 to 1919.<ref name="Arthur"/> The [[World War II|Second World War]] also caused barley supplies to be cut, and the distillery was again forced to shut down for some of this period.<ref name="Arthur"/> Supply to final markets was kept up by reducing the period whisky was laid up from 7 years to 3.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} In 1925, the distillery passed to [[The Distillers Company]] when Dewars amalgamated with it.<ref name="Maclean"/>