Lochside (whiskey distillery)

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Lochside
Lochside Distillery, Montrose.jpg
country Scotland
region Highlands
Geographical location 56 ° 43 '19.4 "  N , 2 ° 27' 59"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 43 '19.4 "  N , 2 ° 27' 59"  W.
Type Malt, grain
status Closed in 1992 and demolished in 2005
owner
Founded 1957
founder Joseph Hobbs
Water source Groundwater well
Washstill (s) 2
Spiritstill (s) 2

Lochside was a whiskey distillery in the town of Montrose , Angus , Scotland . It should not be confused with the whiskey distillery of the same name, which existed in Campbeltown between 1830 and 1852 .

history

The Lochside distillery was originally a brewery founded in the early 19th century ( Deuchars brewery). However, this was closed in 1957 and Joseph Hobbs converted the business into a whiskey distillery. He first installed a 20 m high coffey still , a system for the cost-effective production of grain whiskey , which in the first few years was the distillery's only product. Then two coarse stills ( wash stills ) and two spirit stills were purchased, which enabled the production of malt whiskey. In 1973 the distillery was taken over by the Spanish company Destilerias y Crianza del Whiskey . The distillery was closed in 1992 and sold to Allied Domecq in 1994 . However, it was never opened again. First, the attached warehouse was demolished in 1999 and finally the remaining buildings in 2005.

production

The water required came from a groundwater well. A coffee still was installed for the production of grain whiskey. Malt whiskey was distilled over two pairs of wash and spirit stills .

Bottlings

Much of the whiskey produced was used to make blends , especially Macnab's blend . However, there were regular original bottlings as single malts as well as various bottlings by independent bottlers, which are still sometimes found in stores today.

Web links

Commons : Lochside  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Presentation on Whiskiesofscotland.com
  2. ↑ M. Jackson : Whiskey. Dorlin Kindersley Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-831-00764-6 , p. 170.
  3. ↑ a b c Presentation on Scotchwhisky.net