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Littlemill Distillery | |
General |
Pronunciation | little’mill ![]() |
Translation | |
Region | Lowlands |
Distiller | |
Owner | Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd |
Address | Bowling Dunbartonshire G60 5BG Scotland |
Telephone | +44 (0)1389 - 75 27 81 |
LatLong | 55° 55’ 52” N 04° 29’ 44” W |
Altitude | |
Grid Reference | NS442737 |
Website | www.lochlomonddistillery.com |
mail@lochlomonddistillery.com | |
Open to public | |
Remarks |
History |
1772 |
Said to have been founded |
....-1930s |
Triple distillation until the 1930s |
1817-18 |
Matthew Clark & Co. |
1821 |
Peter McGregor |
1825-39 |
Jane McGregor |
1846 |
Duncan McCulloch, when Hector Henderson withdrew |
1847 |
McCulloch & McAlpine went bankrupt |
1851 |
Operating |
1852 |
John McAlpine Harvey & Co. |
1853 |
William Hunter and John F. Sharpe when dissolved |
....-1857 |
William Sharpe continued until 1857 |
1857-67 |
William Hay & Co. |
1869 |
William Hay jun. |
1874 |
William Hay Fairman & Co. dissolved |
1875 |
Distillery rebuilt |
....-1910 |
Reconstructed and continued at least until 1910 |
c.1913 |
Taken over by the Yoker Distillery Co. |
1918 |
Passed to Littlemill Distillery Co. |
1923-27 |
Owned by Charles Mackinlay & Co. and J.G. Thomson & Co. Ltd. |
1931 |
Acquired by Duncan G. Thomas who lived in the Excise Officer’s house, operated as the Littlemill Distillery Co. Ltd. |
1935 |
Incorporated |
1971 |
Taken over by Barton Brands, and reorganized as Barton Distilling (Scotland) Ltd. Two stills, mechanical malting |
1984 |
Closed |
1989 |
Reopened by Gibson International |
1999 |
Owned by Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd. |
2004 |
Owned by Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd. |