Glenfoyle
| Glenfoyle | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Highlands |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 7 '49.8 " N , 4 ° 4' 39.8" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1923 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1795 |
| founder | David Cassells |
| Water source | in the Campsie Fells |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 1050 gallons (1886) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 650 gallons (1886) |
| Production volume | 30,000 gallons (1886) |
Glenfoyle , also called Gargunnock , Kepp (or Easterkepp and Westerkepp ) or Dasherhead , was a whiskey distillery in Gargunnock , Stirling , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Highlands whiskey region .
history
The distillery was founded in 1795 by David Cassells as the Kepp distillery . In 1813, Cassell's son John took over the business and split it into two distilleries, called Easterkepp and Westerkepp , and sold Westerkepp to Robert Bell . In 1842 Easterkepp went bankrupt and was never reopened, while Westerkepp continued to operate as a Dasherhead distillery. In the following decades the name Glenfoyle was introduced. The business came into the hands of John Johnston, also owner of the Gleniffer distillery , in 1870 and passed to James Calder, owner of the Bo'ness distillery , in 1880 . In 1921 the company was sold to John Dewar & Sons who eventually closed it in 1923. The warehouses were used for many decades. Some of the buildings have been preserved to this day.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1886, it had an annual production capacity of 30,000 gallons . A coarse bladder with a capacity of 1,050 gallons and a fine bladder with a capacity of 650 gallons were available.
Additional information
- Entry on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
- MS Moss, JR Hume: The making of Scotch whiskey , James & James, 1981. ISBN 0-907-38300-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, p. 295.
- ↑ a b entry on lostdistillery.com
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )