Auchentoshan

Region Lowlands
District Western Lowlands
Water source Cochna Loch in Kilpatrick Hills
Neighbours Glengoyne, Littlemill, Loch Lomond
Owner Morrison Bowmore Distillers (Suntory)
Manager  
Visitor centre Daily:
Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Tours run on the hour every hour. Party bookings by appointment.

Admission price:

Adult: 3.50 GBP
Concession: 2.00 GBP
No charge for under 16's.

Address Dalmuir, Clydebank
Dunbartonshire, G81 4SJ
Phone :+44 (0)1389 878 561
Email info@morrisonbowmore.co.uk
Website http://www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk/
History 1516 : First record of Auchintoshan Estate, owned by Paisley Abbey. William Johnstone of Achinleck is recorded as the tenant.
1657 : by this tome the Estate was divided between William Johnstone and William Hamilton.
1721 : The Johnstone family builds Auchintoshan House.
1767 : The Johnstone family is succeeded by George Buchanan, the estate is further divided and several sections sold.
1817 : One section sold by John Cross Buchanan to John Bulloch for the Building of Duntocher Distillery.
1822 : John Bulloch files for bankruptcy, his son Archibald Bulloch becomes owner of Duntocher Distillery.
1826 : Archibald Bulloch is declared Bankrupt. Duntocher Distillery continues trading under Bulloch & Co.
1830 : Bulloch & co registered as limited company.
1834 : Bulloch & Co Ltd sell Duntocher Distillery to John hart and Alexander Filshie. They rename the distillery Auchintoshan Distillery
1845 : James Filshie joins Alexander Filshie as owners of Auchintoshan Distillery.
1875 : James & Alexander Filshie largely rebuild the distillery
1878 : James & Alexander Filshie sell the distillery to CH Curtis & Co, Whisky merchants from Greenock
1900 : Auchintoshan Distillery is sold by CH Curtis & Co to Alexander Ferguson & Co Ltd
1903 : Alexander Ferguson & Co Ltd sell the distillery to George & John McLachlan Ltd
1923 : George & John McLachlan Ltd trading name becomes McLachlans Ltd
1941 : 13th & 14th of March German Luftwaffe bomb the local area – the ‘Clydebank blitz’. Warehouse 1, 2 & 3 are destroyed along with almost 1 million litres of whisky
1948 : February 3rd production resumes at Auchentoshan distillery
1960 : McLachlans Ltd is acquired by brewers J&R Tennent Ltd
1964 : J&R Tennent Ltd owners of Auchentoshan Distillery is acquired by Charingtons
1969 : Auchentoshan Distillery is acquired by Eadie Cairns Ltd
1974 : Stanley P Morrison makes first purchase of 221 sherry Butts of Auchentoshan 1965
1984 : Auchentoshan Purchased by Stanley P Morrison from Eadie Cairns Ltd
1994 : Suntory take 100% ownership of MBD
House Style Light and elegant, and ideal as an aperitif.
Pronunciation Ochentoshen
Meaning corner of the field
Capacity per year 1.650.000 litres
Independent Bottler Cadenhead
Dewar Rattray
Duncan Taylor
Signatory
Information Triple distillation. 90% of the production is used for blends (Rob Roy, e.a).