Camlachie (whiskey distillery)
| Camlachie | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 51 '11.2 " N , 4 ° 12' 43.9" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1920 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1834 |
| founder | Coventry & Bellsland |
Camlachie , also known as Loch Katrine or Whitevale over the years , was a whiskey distillery in Glasgow , Scotland .
The distillery was founded in 1834 by Coventry & Bellsland at 130 Camlachie Street in Glasgow. The following year it was renamed Whitevale Distillery and the company went bankrupt. After it was then passed to 1847 by James Guild Jr., the company fell into the hands of Hector Henderson , later Henderson, Lamont & Co. , which also includes the Caol Ila distillery- owned and co-responsible for building the Littlemill was -Brennerei . In 1856, Bulloch & Co. acquired the company and ran it later as Bulloch, Lade & Co. until it was taken over and closed by Distillers Company Ltd. ( DCL ) in 1920. Around the year 1870, the distillery after the famous lake north of Glasgow in Loch Katrine renamed. The buildings have meanwhile been demolished.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery as part of his whiskey trip in 1886, it had two coarse stills ( wash stills ) and two spirit stills and produced around 300,000 gallons of whiskey annually . The Benmore , Campbeltown and Caol Ila distilleries were part of the same company at the time.
Web links
- Entry on Camlachie in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 34–37 (as Loch Katrine )
- ↑ Introduction on wormtub.com