Glentarras
Glentarras | |
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country | Scotland |
region | Lowlands |
Geographical location | 55 ° 7 '22.8 " N , 2 ° 58' 12.3" W |
Type | Paint |
status | Closed in 1914 |
owner | |
Founded | 1839 |
founder | James Kennedy |
Washstill (s) | 2 |
Spiritstill (s) | 2 |
Glentarras was a whiskey distillery near Langholm , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . Along with Langholm, it was one of two whiskey distilleries near the town of Langholm.
The distillery was founded in 1839 by James Kennedy near Langholm on the Tarras River . In its 75-year history, the distillery has changed hands several times. However, further information is only sparse in the literature. A detailed description of the distillery is given by Alfred Barnard , who visited it in the mid-1880s. For example, reported that they by means of four stills ( pot stills ) malt whiskey produced. Annual output at that time was about 75,000 gallons . Much of the whiskey was exported to London . Most of the distillery's buildings no longer exist.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Barnard: The United Kingdom's Whiskey Distilleries. 2011, ISBN 978-3-86991-497-8 , pp. 283-284.
- ↑ Information about the distillery
- ↑ Information about the distillery