Kinclaith distillery
{{Short description|Whisky distillery in Glasgow City, Scotland}}
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| Name = Kinclaith distillery
| Type = Lowland
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| Location =Glasgow, Scotland, UK
| Owner =Chivas Brothers
| Founded = 1957
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| Status = Closed/demolished
| Source =Loch Katrine
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| Demolished=1975
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Kinclaith distillery was a Lowland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Glasgow, Scotland.
History
Kinclaith distillery was built by Strathclyde & Long John Distilleries Ltd. within the Strathclyde distillery complex, in 1958.Maclean, C. (2008) Whisky [https://books.google.com/books?id=-mibvrF_0ksC&dq=kinclaith+distillery&pg=PA113 p.113.] Dorling Kindersley Ltd. {{ISBN|1-4053-2814-2}}. Retrieved November 2011ScotchWhisky.net [http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/silent/kinclaith.htm Kinclaith] Retrieved November 2011 The Kinclaith distillery was closed in 1975 after being sold to Whitbread & Co a company later sold to Allied Domecq .Whisky Magazine Directory: [http://www.whiskymag.com/directory/detail/kinclaith_distillery_closed_1975.13035.html Kinclaith entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609233840/http://www.whiskymag.com/directory/detail/kinclaith_distillery_closed_1975.13035.html|date=2012-06-09}} Retrieved November 2011
Following the closure of the still, the stock, casked and bottled, has become rare, making it more collectable and the value has increased substantially.Peter Temple, P. (2004) Superhobby Investing: Making Money from Antiques, Coins, Stamps, Wine, Woodland and Other Alternative Assets [https://books.google.com/books?id=l5quhLiZEiwC&dq=kinclaith+distillery&pg=PA240 p.240-241] Harriman House Limited. {{ISBN|1-897597-33-9}}. Retrieved November 2011
The brand in now owned by Chivas Brothers.{{Cite web |title=Kinclaith {{!}} Scotch Whisky |url=https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/2054/kinclaith/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=scotchwhisky.com |language=en-GB}}
References
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{{Scottish Distilleries}}
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