[3] The distillery was originally powered by a waterwheel, and was soon adapted to use a steam engine instead,[2] which ran day and night for 70 years, apart from maintenance.

Aultmore reopened around 1904, and closed again during World War I due to barley shortages[2] It reopened again after World War I ended, and was bought by John Dewar & Sons, Ltd. in 1923.

[5] It changed hands again in 1930, when it was bought by Scottish Malt Distillers.

[5] The distillery was in the 1950s one of the first to use the draff, a wasteproduct of whisky production, as animal feed.

[5] In 1998 the distillery was sold back to Bacardi subsidiary Dewars, which had previously owned Aultmore between 1923 and 1925.