Ladyburn distillery
Appearance
Region: Lowland | |
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Location | South Ayrshire, Scotland |
Owner | William Grant & Sons Ltd. |
Founded | 1966 |
Status | Closed/demolished |
Water source | Penwapple Reservoir |
No. of stills | 2 wash, 2 spirit |
Demolished | 1976 |
Ladyburn distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
[edit]The Ladyburn distillery was an expansion of the Girvan distillery, itself built in 1963 by William Grant & Sons Ltd. The Ladyburn malt whisky distillery was created in 1966 with the addition of two pot stills. The malt portion of the distillery was closed in 1975 and demolished in 1976.[1]
The independent bottlers Signatory Vintage and Wilson and Morgan have released Ladyburn single malt under the name "Ayrshire", after the council area of Scotland in which Girvan is found.[2]
In December 2021, a bottle of Ladyburn from 1966 was sold in auction for over £80,000.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ D. Smith, Gavin (2012). Whisky Opus - The Definitive 21st-Century Reference to the World's Greatest Distilleries and Their Whiskies. Dorling Kindersley Limited.
- ^ mtc. "Ladyburn - 1973". Whisky Hammer. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Japhe, Brad. "Is This The World's Rarest Scotch Whisky?". Forbes. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Scotch Whisky
- Malt Madness Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine