- Glenugie Distillery
Infobox Defunct company
company_name = Glenugie Distillery
company_
company_type = Private
fate = Close and dismantled
foundation =Peterhead ,Scotland
defunct = 1983
location =Peterhead ,Scotland
industry = Manufacturing and Distillation of Whisky
products = Single Malt WhiskyThe Glenugie Distillery was established in 1831 [cite book |title=The Wordsworth Dictionary of Drink |last=Halley |first=Ned |year=2005 |publisher=Wordsworth Editions |isbn=9781840223026 |pages=p. 257 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5X6oVI-qngwC&pg=PA257&dq=Glenugie&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U1Ux9z2XBBsmmK0B6gAMVvYdP9mYg |accessdate=2008-09-13] by Donald McLeod & Co Ltd and was originally called Invernettie. In 1884, Simon Forbes purchased the distillery and enjoyed some success with it. He operated it until 1915.
History
The distillery was silent for most of
World War I , but opened for a short time in 1923-1924 as the Glenugie Distillery Ltd, but again remained silent from 1925 to 1937. Seager Evans & Co Ltd then re-opened it in 1937.Scheney International acquired Seager Evans & Co Ltd in 1956 and decided to improve the equipment and used an oil system to replace the coal fired
boiler , as well as introducing a pair of newstill s with condensers. This led to production doubling. The solution on the resultant strain on the workshop was to cease site malting and also to convert the malt house to warehouse space.Closure
Glenugie was one of a number of distilleries that failed to continue past the 1983 market. [cite news |title=Dram dream |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jun/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview21 |work=
The Guardian |date=19 June 2004 |accessdate=2008-09-13 ] This was because there was too much competition at the time, leading to about a dozen single malt distilleries closing in this year.The distillery was dismantled and the premises were taken over by
Score Group plc , who have built their workshops on this site.References
External links
* [http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/silent/glenugie.htm Scotch Whisky]
* [http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/Glenugie-En.shtml Whisky Distilleries]
* [http://www.whiskymerchants.co.uk/#/glenugie/4521423321 Whisky Merchants]
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