 George Smith established a second distillery during 1849, named the "Cairngorm-Delnabo Distillery" but by 1855 or 1856, both distilleries were running at full capacity, and were unable to meet rising demand.The operation of two separate sites was also proving difficult and expensive, so plans were formed around the same time to build a new, larger distillery further down the hill at Minmore.Construction of this new distillery was underway when the old Upper Drumin distillery was destroyed by fire during 1858.