Lochindaal (whiskey distillery)
| Lochindaal | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Islay |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 44 '26.8 " N , 6 ° 22' 46.1" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1929 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1829 |
| founder | Colin Campbell |
| Water source | Loch Octomore and Loch Garroch |
| Washstill (s) | 1 (1885) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 2 (1885) |
| Production volume | 127,068 gallons (1885) |
| Website | Lochindaal Distillery |
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Lochindaal , also spelled Loch Indaal or called Port Charlotte , was a whiskey distillery in Port Charlotte , Islay , Argyll and Bute , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Islay whiskey region . In addition to Lochindaal, there was a second distillery in Port Charlotte, Octomore . The distillery's bonded warehouses, which still exist today, were added to the Scottish monument lists in 1980 in category C.
history
The distillery was founded in 1829 by Colin Campbell . Over the next 26 years, the company changed hands five times, until finally John B. Sherriff took over the distillery in 1855. In 1895 JB Sherriff & Co. Ltd. founded, which also owned shares in the Lochhead Distillery in Campbeltown and the Bowmore Distillery on Islay. In 1920 the Benmore distillery in Campbeltown took over Lochindaal, which nine years later was taken over by Distillers Company Ltd. ( DCL ) and the Lochindaal distillery closed that same year. The warehouses have been preserved and used to this day.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 127,068 gallons . There were three stills available, but neither the division between coarse and fine stills nor the capacities of the individual stills have been handed down.
The neighboring Bruichladdich distillery announced in the summer of 2010 that it would build a new distillery on the site under the name Port Charlotte and is expected to start producing whiskey there again from 2011. Due to the financial crisis, these plans were put on hold. With the takeover of Bruichladdich by Rémy Cointreau , funds were made available for reconstruction. A new opening date for 2016 was announced in autumn 2012, but postponed indefinitely in spring 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Alfred Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom. Harper's Weekly Gazette, London 1887, pp. 103 f.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945. ( Memento of June 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) 2000.
- ↑ a b wormtub.com: Lochindaal Distillery. (Accessed October 12, 2016).
- ↑ islayinfo.com: Port Charlotte Distillery. (Accessed October 12, 2016).