Dundashill
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 Dundashill Distillery in 1885 drawn by Alfred Barnard |
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| country | Scotland |
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 52 '18.4 " N , 4 ° 15' 19.9" W |
| Type | Malt, later grain |
| status | Closed in 1902 |
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| Founded | 1770 |
| founder | John Harvey |
| Water source | Loch Katrine , Forth and Clyde Canal |
| Washstill (s) | 2 × 6500 gallons (1885) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 10 × 1200–600 gallons (1885) |
| Production volume | 360,000 gallons (1885) |
Dundashill was a whiskey distillery in Glasgow , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Lowlands whiskey region .
The distillery was founded by John Harvey in 1770 . It is one of the three earliest whiskey distilleries to be officially licensed and was the first to acquire a license in Glasgow. In the following decades, the owners changed several times and the facility was constantly expanded. Dundashill is considered the largest Scottish distillery for malt whiskey - a position it held for almost the entire second half of the 19th century. In 1899 a coffey still was installed to produce grain whiskey . In 1902 the distillery was closed and in 1903 Distillers Company Ltd. ( DCL ) bought up. The installations were removed and the buildings were used as cooperage and warehouses. The warehouses were not given up until the mid-1970s.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 360,000 gallons . There were two rough blisters ( wash stills ) with a capacity of 6,500 gallons each are available. There were also a number of ten spirit stills with capacities between 1200 and 600 gallons; an extraordinarily large number at the time. Both double and triple distilled whiskey was produced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 25-31.
- ↑ a b entry on wormtub.com