Distillery Name : Gunsgreen Distillery
Distillery Area : Lowland, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1821 - 1837
Current Status : Inactive
Location : Eyemouth, Berwickshire.
Map Grid Reference :
Current Owner : None
Notes : Possibly also known as Eyemouth Distillery.
New Statistical Account of Scotland: Parish of Ayton page 140 and 141 -
A distillery was erected ten or twelve years ago at Gunsgreen, upon the site and ruins of a former distillery, which had been discontinued for many years. It is now in active operation, and the following particulars respecting it have been communicated by one of the partners :
Gunsgreen distillery is capable of making 1500 gallons of aqua weekly, which is mostly all sold in London. In the spring of 1832, when potatoes were nearly unsaleable, and selling so low as 1s. 3d. per cwt., the distillers here, having a large quantity on hand, were work for distilling from potatoes, and to attempt the manufacture of aqua from them, which they found to answer well. Besides using their own, they bought all that were in their neighbourhood, and continued working from them for two months, during which time they consumed upwards of 6000 cwt. By the present distillery law distillers can work from potatoes at pleasure, but they must continue one month, or rather they cannot work from any other thing till the expiry of the month.
Timeline
1821 - Thomas Calder.
1827-28 - Thomas F. Calder.
1833 - F. & F. Calder.
1837 - Thomas Calder & Co.
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.
New Statistical Account of Scotland - Ayton Parish (Published 1845).