Greenock (whiskey distillery)
| Greenock | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 56 '51.3 " N , 4 ° 45' 39.7" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1915 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1795 |
| founder | James Blair & Co. |
| Water source | Loch Gryfe |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 4931 gallons (1885) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 879 gallons (1885)
1 × 776 gallons (1885) |
| Production volume | 130,000 gallons (1885) |
Greenock was a whiskey distillery in Greenock , Inverclyde , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Lowlands whiskey region . The distillery must not be confused with the two short-lived distilleries of the same name that were also active in Greenock in 1825 and between 1825 and 1828.
history
The distillery was in 1795 by James Blair & Co. founded. A brewery founded a few decades earlier was converted for this purpose . John Dennistoun took over the business in 1820 and the company named in Co. Greenock Distillery order. In 1829 J. Rennie & J. Ballantine acquired the distillery and ran it until 1896. In that year, the owners of the Aberlour distillery were taken over by J. Thorne & Sons Ltd. and managed the company until it closed in 1915. All buildings have since been demolished and the former distillery has left no traces.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 130,000 gallons . There were three stills , a 4,931 gallons comprehensive coarse blister ( wash still ) and two 879 or 776 gallons comprehensive Feinbrand bubbles ( spirit stills ) are available. A triple- distilled malt whiskey was produced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 52-53.
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )