Gerston Distillery Co
From Graces Guide
Whisky distillers, Halkirk, Caithness
1885 The Gerston Distillery Company Limited was incorporated.[1] The company intended to build a new distillery close to the site of an earlier distillery of some repute and using the same water source. The distillery occupied a commanding site and was reckoned to be the largest building for trade purposes in the north of Scotland.[2] Alfred Barnard noted the proposed annual output at around 80,000 gallons.[3]
1890 Clearly, the enterprise did not prosper and the purchase of the distillery by an Inverness solicitor, on behalf of a client, was reported at the reduced upset price of £9,500.[4] The company itself was struck off and dissolved in 1892.[5]
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Sources of Information
- Brian Townsend "Scotch Missed: The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland" (Fourth Edition 2015)