‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery, is getting ready to welcome guests for the primary time in over three many years.
Spirit flowed from the stills as soon as extra in June 2023 following a multi-year restoration challenge. In June 2024, 12 months after reopening, the distillery will open its doorways to the general public for distillery excursions.
Renovating Rosebank
Ian Macleod Distillers bought Rosebank Distillery in 2017, with plans to revive the distillery to its former glory. Of the distillery’s revival, Leonard Russell, Managing Director of Ian Macleod Distillers mentioned, “I may see that Rosebank Distillery was held in extraordinarily excessive regard and it was an enormous disgrace that it closed when it was distilling a number of the greatest spirit for the Scotch whisky business. Being small, Rosebank was one of many dearer whiskies to provide, however for my part that’s no motive to shut a distillery. Its reopening will probably be a really particular second for its hometown of Falkirk, for the Scotch business, and for whisky lovers all over the place”.
The brand new distillery has been meticulously renovated, making use of the previous mill constructing subsequent to the canal, which is considered over 100 years previous. Previous is mixed with new with the development of the brand new glass stillhouse.
The nonetheless home is residence to Rosebank’s new stills, precise copies of the stills that have been stolen from Rosebank throughout its interval of closure. These reproduction stills will probably be used to provide Rosebank’s signature model of whisky that has been lengthy lamented amongst lowland whisky followers.
Towering over the distillery is the 108-ft chimney that grew to become synonymous with Rosebank throughout its lifetime. The chimney has been passionately restored and is as soon as once more standing in opposition to the skyline of Falkirk.
From June 2024, Rosebank followers will be capable to expertise the structure and whisky-making course of firsthand, due to the brand new Rosebank customer expertise.
Excursions At Rosebank Distillery
There will probably be three totally different excursions on provide on the new distillery:
- Rosebank Reawakening – £25 per individual – A guided tour and a tasting of Glengoyne 12 Yr Previous and Tamdhu 12 Yr Previous (additionally owned by Ian Macleod Distillers).
- Rosebank Rekindled – £95 per individual – A guided tour and a tasting of Rosebank 31 Yr Previous, Glengoyne 15 Yr Previous, and Tamdhy 15 Yr Previous.
- Rosebank Revered – £300 per individual – A guided tour and a tasting of three uncommon and unique Rosebank expressions.
Following a tour, visitors will probably be invited to peruse the Rosebank Distillery store, which can promote unique expressions not accessible at retail.
To rejoice the upcoming revival of customer experiences at Rosebank, the reserving system has been opened. You may e book your tour of the reawakened Rosebank Distillery here.
Malcolm Rennie, Distillery Supervisor at Rosebank, is trying ahead to welcoming visitors to Rosebank Distillery: “The method of bringing Rosebank Distillery again to life has been meticulous, with an enormous quantity of element going into each factor. It was essential that we paid homage to Rosebank’s historical past and story, and we really feel we’ve carried out it justice by incorporating a lot of the previous distillery into our new residence. The entire group at Rosebank are overjoyed to lastly share our lovely new distillery with whisky admirers the world over. We’re extraordinarily pleased with what we’ve created and might’t wait to open our doorways this summer time.”
