Clydesdale Distillery
Malt whisky distillers, Wishaw
1825 The distillery was said to have been established by Lord Belhaven and Stenton at an approximate cost of £90,000. It drew its water from the Cambusnethan peat moss. The distillery was leased to Patrick Chalmers, who was succeeded by J.M. Mackenzie and Co. They were proprietors at the time of the visit by Alfred Barnard for his book "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom" (1887).
1894 The Clydesdale Distillery Company Limited was incorporated, with capital of £67,000, to take over the distillery buildings and plant and the business, as a going concern, of J.M. Mackenzie and Co, distillers, Wishaw.[1]
1914 The company merged with four other Lowland distillers to form a new company, Scottish Malt Distillers Limited. The other parties to the merger were the Glenkinchie Distillery Company Limited, Pencaitland; A. and J. Dawson Limited, Linlithgow; The Rosebank Distillery Limited, Falkirk and William Young and Co Limited, Burntisland. The original company was dissolved the following year.[2]
1919 Production ceased at the distillery, which was bought by the Distillers Co with the intention of using the buildings as bonded stores.[3]
1988 Buildings demolished.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Scotland 1886
- http://www.wormtub.com/alfred_barnard/distillery.php?distillery=Clydesdale
- https://www.awa.dk/whisky/clydesda/index.htm
- Alfred Barnard "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom" (1887)