Lauriston

Distillery Name : Lauriston Distillery

Distillery Area : Lowland, Scotland

Product : Malt Whisky

Operated Between : 1821 - 1826

Current Status : Inactive

Location : Lauriston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

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Current Owner : None

Notes :  Also Lauristown.

Two brothers named Stark established a whisky distillery in Laurieston beside the Gallow Syke. Their business grew so rapidly that they found there was not sufficient water to make the quantity of whisky which they were required to turn out and so they removed to Camelon and set up the Rosebank Distillery.*

 

Timeline

1821-1826 - James Stark.

 

References

The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.

*Falkirklocalhistory.club (History of Laurieston)