An airfield was built beside the distillery in 1940, to provide a landing ground for operational training and air gunnery.

In 1965 an underground supply of water, created during the Second World War for an airfield, was acquired and used for cooling spirit vapour.

[11] Royal Brackla has a mash tun of 12.5 tonnes (12.3 LT) and eight wash backs with a total volume of 480,000 litres (110,000 imp gal).

Cawdor Burn has been the constant water supply for Royal Brackla, with the Cursack Springs being used for mashing.

Tall Royal Brackla stills, designed to allow plenty of reflux, are operated slowly in the distillation process to smooth the blend to maximise copper contact and produce a light spirit.

[14] 1998: Part of United Distillers Rare Malts Collection included a bottling of Royal Brackla at 20 years old.

[14] 1999: John Dewar & Sons Ltd released a minor bottling of Royal Brackla with a burgundy label and no age statement.

[14] 2003: A limited edition 25-year-old was released for the keepers of the Quaich, each label signed by Tom Aitken, John Dewar & Sons' sixth Master Blender.

[14] 2004: Dewar's released the 10-year-old single malt bottling in order to make a small amount of the whisky available to the public.

Samples, with the Weight per Bushel, to be sent to the Address of Captain Fraser, Brackla, Nairn; or to the agent in Edinburgh, William Tait, 12 Infirmary Street.

All letters to be Post-paid – Inverness 9 December 1830.The Morning Chronicle, 20 January 1835 reported: His Majesty having been pleased to distinguish this 'by his Royal Command to supply his establishment' has placed this whisky first on the List of British Spirits, and when known should in truth be termed 'The Drink Divine' – only to be had of the importers, Graham & Co, New Road, facing Mary-la-bone Workhouse.The Morning Post, 7 May 1836 reported: THE KING'S OWN WHISKY, distilled expressly for the use of his Majesty at Fraser's Royal Brackla Distillery, Inverness, is perhaps the only malt spirit which proves alike congenial to the palate and constitution of connaisseurs of every country.