Glenmore Distillery Company

Monarch had long been producing brands that included Kentucky Tavern and Glenmore at their plant in Owensboro.

The Thompsons maintained the Glenmore as a concentration warehouse, bottling and distributing medicinal whiskey during Prohibition.

[3] Glenmore proved a successful and durable company, its main brand being Kentucky Tavern.

[5][6] Glenmore followed the lead of other large firms and marketed imported whiskies and cordials through its subsidiaries, Mr. Boston, Foreign Vintages and Viking Distillery.

[8] The Thompson family maintained control of the company until 1991, at which time it was acquired by Guinness, which merged it with Schenley Industries and named the new entity United Distillers,[9] which sold it in 1995 to Barton Brands.