Carsebridge whisky distillery

Once one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, and at the time of it’s closing the largest grain distillery in Scotland. Alas Carsebridge was one of the many casualties of the 1980s surplus and strategic re-positioning. The site originally leased for ‘seventeen Bolls and one firlot of good and sufficient Barley’ per annum which grew to such massive proportions as to require it’s own fire engine and team of 40 men is now a business park. The former distillery manager’s house, a Grade II listed building does however survive.

Carsebridge factsheet

Name	Pronounced	AKA	Region
Carsebridge			Lowlands
Country of Origin	Status	Active	Whisky Type
Scotland	Lost	1799 - 1983	Grain
Website	Tours Available	Owned by	Parent Group
Carsebridge	Not Available	Diageo (DCL)

Carsebridge equipment & site

Site	Demolished

Carsebridge Timeline:

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1799Carsebridge Malt distillery was founded in 1799, by John Bald & Co. about a mile from Alloa
1852Carsebridge shifted away from malt and towards grain installing two Coffey stills.
1877Carsebridge becomes one of the six Lowland grain distilleries to found Distillers Company Limited (DCL), later Diageo
1886Alfred Barnard visitied the distillery to admire the 'two elegant Coffey's patent stills' and the 'twenty fine washbacks, of imposing size and capacity'
1902The distillery is gutted by fire and foreced to halt production for 9 months
1927Carsebridge began producing several hundred tons of yeast a year
1956The distillery is modernised with a new cooperage, feedstuff plant and still house
1966The floor maltings is removed to make way for further expansion and the distillery was transferred to Scottish Grain Distillers
1980Carsebridge is expanded and becomes the largest grain distillery in Scotland
1983In spite of recent expansion Carsebridge was mothballed amidst a whisky glut just before it's 84th Birthday
1992The distillery was stripped for scrap metal and the building demolished
2011The cooperage is moved to the site of the closed Cambus grain distillery