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Lochindaal whisky distillery

Lochindaal factsheet

Name Pronounced AKA Region
Lochindaal Port Charlotte; Rhinns Islay
Country of Origin Status Active Whisky Type
Scotland Closed 1829 - 1929 Malt
Website Tours Available Owned by Parent Group
Lochindaal Not Available Various; John B Sheriff & Co; Benmore Distilleries; DCL

Lochindaal Timeline:

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  1. 1829-31Colin Campbell
  2. 1831-32McLennan & Grant
  3. 1833-35George McLennan when bankrupt
  4. 1837Walter Graham, Rhinns
  5. 1851Operating
  6. 1852Henderson, Lamont & Co. went bankrupt
  7. 1852Rhins Distillery & Co. (John McLennan managing partner)
  8. 1855William Guild & Co. dissolved (partners William Guild and John B. Sherriff)
  9. 1855-95John B. Sherriff continued until 1895 when J.B. Sherriff & Co. was formed to acquire the Lochindaal business, that of William Taylor & Co. of Lochhead, Campbeltown, and sugar and rum estates in Jamaica
  10. 1921Acquired by Benmore Distilleries Ltd.
  11. 1929Benmore Distilleries Ltd. was taken over by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL)
  12. 1929Distillery closed and dismantled. Warehouses retained and licensed to Macleay Duff (Distillers) Ltd.
  13. 1994?The malt barns are now occupied by the Islay Creamery

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Can I tour Lochindaal?

No, unfortunately Lochindaal distillery is not open to the public for tours