Kinclaith distillery

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Kinclaith distillery
Region: Lowland
Location Glasgow, Scotland
Owner Chivas Brothers
Founded1957
StatusClosed/demolished
Water sourceLoch Katrine
Demolished1975

Kinclaith distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Glasgow, Scotland,

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History

Kinclaith distillery was built by Strathclyde & Long John Distilleries Ltd. within the Strathclyde Grain distillery complex, in 1958. [1] [2] The Kinclaith distillery was closed in 1975 after being sold to Whitbread & Co a company later sold to Allied Domecq . [3]

Following the closure of the still, the stock, casked and bottled, has become rare, making it more collectable and the value has increased substantially. [4] Today it is one of the most expensive brands in the world with bottles fetching prices of between $1500 and $4000 each [5] The brand in now owned by Chivas Brothers. [6]

Value increases

Year soldBottledValueCurrency
1966195817 [7] GBP
20041966300 [7] GBP
20041967999 [4] GBP

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References

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