Kilbagie

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Kilbagie
country Scotland
region Lowlands
Geographical location 56 ° 5 '24.7 "  N , 3 ° 43' 29.3"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 5 '24.7 "  N , 3 ° 43' 29.3"  W.
Type Malt, grain
status Closed in 1852
owner
Founded 1777
founder James Stone
Kennetpans
country Scotland
region Lowlands
Geographical location 56 ° 4 ′ 50.7 "  N , 3 ° 44 ′ 51.1"  W.
Type Malt, grain
status Closed in 1825
owner
Founded 1773
founder John Stein
Washstill (s) 1 × 1110 gallons (1788)
Spiritstill (s) 1 × 850 gallons (1788)

Kilbagie and Kennetpans were whiskey distilleries in Clackmannan , Clackmannanshire , Scotland . They were founded by the brothers John and James Stein and are historically difficult to separate due to their close economic ties. The ruins of the Kennetpans distillery are listed as a Scheduled Monument .

history

Both distilleries were founded near Clackmannan in the 1770s and are therefore among the oldest distilleries in the region. They started producing malt whiskey . They were first connected to one another by an artificial waterway, then by a track. This investment by the private sector in infrastructural construction measures is considered a pioneering achievement. Kennetpans went bankrupt in 1788 due to rising whiskey taxation. At that time, a coarse fire bladder ( wash still ) and a fine fire bladder ( spirit still ) were installed. However, the founder's son continued the distillery from 1795. However, 30 years later it had to be closed for good. The buildings have been uninhabited and dilapidated since then. It is also worth mentioning that Kennetpans owned the first Watt steam engine in Scotland.

Kilbagie was leased by Robert Stein in the late 18th century and taken over by John Stein & Co. in the 1830s . In 1845 the distillery was converted to the production of grain whiskey and a coffee still was installed. In 1852, however, this distillery was also bankrupt. The buildings were later converted into a paper mill .

In the late 1770s, the distilleries were producing over half a million tons of alcohol . For this they need around 7600  tons of grain. Both distilleries also kept cattle (around 7000 cattle and 2000 pigs), which they fed with the waste products of whiskey production and sold for slaughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Forthsight magazine from the Forth Estuary Forum , issue 20.
  3. ↑ Information about the distillery
  4. ↑ Glenkinchie , in Scots Heritage Magazine , 2009 ( Memento of December 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

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