Dean Distillery
Water of Leith, Edinburgh
1881 The distillery was established on the site of a former corn mill and in the shadow of Thomas Telford's Dean Bridge by James Johnstone, proprietor of Gleniffer Distillery near Paisley.
1887 Scotch Whisky Distillers Limited was incorporated, a company registered in England, which acted as a consortium that included the Dean and Gleniffer distilleries, as well as Ben Wyvis (Dingwall) and Glen Nevis (Campbeltown). The venture was short-lived and the company went into liquidation in 1889, with the distilleries being put up for sale.
1893 With a reversion of the distillery to its previous owner, James Johnstone (distiller) Limited was incorporated, with capital of £10,000, to acquire the distillery.[1] The company went into voluntary liquidation in 1902 and was dissolved in 1905. The premises were taken over by the Dean Distillery Company, which was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £10,000, in 1908.[2]
1922 The company went into liquidation and the distillery never re-opened. When Alfred Barnard visited, he recorded annual output as being about 73,000 gallons of malt whisky, thus comparable to Johnstone's other distillery at Gleniffer.
See Also
Sources of Information
- The National Archives BT 31/3855/24296
- London Gazette 11 October 1889
- National Records of Scotland BT2/2591
- National Records of Scotland BT2/6895
- Edinburgh Gazette 13 June 1902
- Edinburgh Gazette 28 November 1922
- Alfred Barnard "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom" (1887)