Between 1911 and 1937 it was owned by Wm Dunville & Co. Ltd, an Irish company, and on the outbreak of World War II whisky production ceased, but malt continued to be produced until 1949 when the distillery closed until 1957.

In 1987 the United Distillers Group took over Bell's and continued the modernisation as a result of which the weekly production rose to over 8,000 imperial gallons (36,000 L), more than eight times the output in 1887.

After several years spent finding and replacing the old plant and equipment, much of which had been wrapped in plastic in storage since its closure, the distillery reopened for production in December 2000.

The distillery was purchased in July 2015 by Australian entrepreneur David Prior, who had sold his five:Am yoghurt business for £52m in August 2014.

[5] Bladnoch distillery resumed production in spring of 2017, with much new equipment, including a 5 tone mash tun, six Douglas Fir wooden wash backs, two 12,500 litre capacity wash stills, two 9,500 liter capacity low wines stills, and a steam boiler that will be fueled with LPG.