Provanmill
| Provanmill | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 52 '35.8 " N , 4 ° 11' 46.5" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1922 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1815 |
| Water source | Hogganfield Hole |
| Production volume | 130,000 gallons (1885) |
Provanmill , also known as Mile End or Milltown , was a whiskey distillery in Glasgow , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Lowlands whiskey region .
history
The distillery is said to have been founded in 1815 near the road between Glasgow and Stirling . In 1858 the company is listed on a map under the name Mile End . In 1860 the distillery came into the hands of Moses Risk , who, or his descendants, managed the company until it closed in 1922. The buildings were later completely demolished. There is now a primary school on the site, the Littlehill Primary School . Exactly when the distillery was renamed Provanmill is not recorded.
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 pot stills available. It is not known how many of them were coarse ( wash stills ) or fine spirit stills and what capacities they had.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 42-43.
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )