Rieclachan
| Rieclachan | |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| region | Campbeltown |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 25 '36.5 " N , 5 ° 36' 40.4" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | Closed in 1934 |
| owner | |
| Founded | 1825 |
| founder | J. Ferguson, J. Harvey, A. Mitchell, A. Wylie |
| Water source | Crosshill Hole |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 2139 gallons (1885) |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 1600 gallons (1885) |
| Production volume | 70,000 gallons (1885) |
Rieclachan was a whiskey distillery in Campbeltown , Kintyre , Argyll and Bute , Scotland . The brandy produced was therefore assigned to the Campbeltown whiskey region .
history
The distillery was founded in 1825 by J. Ferguson , J. Harvey , A. Mitchell and A. Wylie and was on Longrow , the town's main drag , between the Campbeltown and Glengyle distilleries . The Mitchell family of distillers ran the business until it closed in 1934. Rieclachan was the penultimate of 18 distilleries that closed in Campbeltown between 1921 and 1936. With the abandonment of the Benmore distillery in 1936, a whiskey distillery in Campbeltown was closed for the last time. The distillery's warehouses in particular have been partially preserved to this day.
When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery on his major whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 70,000 gallons . A coarse bladder ( wash still ) and a fine bladder ( spirit still ) with capacities of 2139 and 1600 gallons respectively were available.
Further information
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, p. 80.
- ↑ a b Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ entry in lostdistillery.com
- ↑ Entry on WormTub.com
- ↑ Entry on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
