Glenfyne
| Glenfyne | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 1 '21.6 " N , 5 ° 26' 52.4" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1937 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1831 |
| founder | Henry Hoey & Co. |
| Water source | Spring on Achnagbreach Hill |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 4726 gallons (1885) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 1000 gallons (1885)
1 × 500 gallons |
| Production volume | 80,000 gallons (1885) |
Glenfyne , also known as Glendarroch or Glengilp , was a whiskey distillery in Ardrishaig , Argyll and Bute , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Highlands whiskey region .
history
Henry Hoey founded the distillery as Glenfyne in 1831 . It lay above the Crinan Canal and below Achnagbreach Hill . Its history is marked by numerous changes of ownership. William Smyth changed the name to Glendarroch in the 1870s ; However, the original name was reintroduced in the late 1880s. In 1937 the company was finally closed.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery as part of his major whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 80,000 gallons . It was a rough blister ( wash still ) with a capacity of 4,726 gallons are available. There were also two spirit stills with capacities of 1000 and 500 gallons respectively.
Additional information
- Information and pictures about the distillery at scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
- J. Butt: The industrial archeology of Scotland , David & Charles, 1967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 118-123.
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )