Rosebank distillery

Rosebank is a whiskey distillery in Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland. The distillery buildings obtained are sorted in the Scottish lists of monuments in the B category.

History

The distillery was founded in 1840 by James Rankine, which were probably produced on the site since 1798 ( by the brothers Stark) whiskey. Opposite of Rosebank, on the other side of the Forth - Clyde canal was operated by the John Stark Camelon distillery which was closed in 1861. Even before its closure James Rankine had leased the malting of Camelon distillery. After the closure of Camelon distillery, his son RW Rankine, who now also Rosebank initiated and these In 1864, fundamentally renovate the distillery including malting and left in 1865 to tear everything down to the malt house. Rosebank 1914 was next Clydesdale, Glenkinchie, Grange and St. Magdalene one of the five founding distilleries of the Scottish Malt Distillers ( SMD). From 1917 to 1919, not produced. In 1968, the old malt house was closed and demolished. In 1987, the distillery at United Distillers (UD, now Diageo ), since May 1993, the distillery is closed. In 2002, the buildings were sold to British Waterways.

Production

The water belonging to the region Lowlands distillery came from the Carron Valley Reservoir in the Fintry Hills. It had an iron Mashtun, a Wash - a low- Wine - and a spirit still, accordingly, was triply distilled.