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Pernod’s Chivas Brothers to Build Scotch Distillery on Islay

  • Planned distillery will be Chivas Brothers’ first on Islay
  • Chivas is world’s second-biggest Scotch whisky producer
Islay, Scotland.Photographer: Peter Skillen/Getty Images

Pernod Ricard SA’s Chivas Brothers business will produce an Islay whisky for the first time after acquiring land on the Scottish isle for a new distillery.

Chivas is the world’s second-biggest Scotch business with brands including The Glenlivet, Chivas Regal and Ballantine’s, but does not yet make an Islay whisky.