Distillery Name : Auchtertool Distillery
Distillery Area : Lowland, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1845 - 1927
Current Status : Inactive
Location : Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Map Grid Reference : NT217907
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Current Owner : None
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Timeline
1845 - Auchtertool Distillery founded, site converted from a brewery.
1851 - Operating.
1852-68 - James Liddell & Co.
1868 - James Liddell sequestrated.
1884-93 - Walter Bartholomew.
1896-1907 - Auchtertool Distillery Co.
1896-1915 - Owned by Robertson, Sanderson & Co.
1915 - Bankrupt.
1923-24 - Purchased by the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL).
1927 - Closed as a distillery by Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL), retained as a maltings.
c. 1971 - Maltings closed.
1980 - Transferred to Scottish Grain Distillers Ltd. (SGD).
1994 - Used as warehouses.
After 1994 - Buildings demolished, area redeveloped.
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig.