Bernard and Co (Leith Distillery)
1825 The distillery was founded by Alexander Law.[1]
1852-53 Thomas and James Bernard were listed for the first time in the Post Office Edinburgh and Leith Directory at Lochend Distillery. The distillery name was changed to Leith by 1854-55, but it was also commonly known as Yardheads. By 1858-59 the business had adopted the style of Bernard and Co, rectifiers.
1875 An advert for Bernard and Co's 'D. D. Encore Whisky' (double distilled) asserted 'every gallon warranted to contain no fusel oil or other injurious substances, and to be an exceptionally pure and very safe stimulant'[2]
1923 Bernard and Co (Leith Distillery) Limited, of 41 Yardheads, Leith, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £60,000, to acquire the businesses, property and assets of Bernard and Co, rectifiers and distillers, both of Leith Distillery and Cockburn and Murray, wine and whisky merchants, 21 Castle Street, Edinburgh.[3]
1929 The company went into voluntary liquidation.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Brian Townsend "Scotch Missed: The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland" (Fourth Edition 2015)
- ↑ The Scotsman 4 August 1875
- ↑ The Scotsman 14 July 1923
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14522/page/185
- National Records of Scotland BT2/12769