Glasgow’s Clydeside Distillery nears completion

Work on Glasgow’s new £10.5 million (US$13.1m) Clydeside Distillery has moved a step closer to completion following the installation of two copper pot stills.

The Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow has installed its first two stills

Earlier this week, the two Forsyth-made stills, each weighing about two tonnes, were lowered into the distillery, which is scheduled to open this autumn.

Plans to convert Glasgow’s famous Pump House building on the banks of the River Clyde into a whisky distillery and visitor centre were approved in 2014.

Tim Morrison, formerly of Morrison Bowmore Distillers and current proprietor of the AD Rattray Scotch Whisky Company, spearheaded the project with the backing of a number of private investors.

The Clydeside Distillery, owned by Morrison Glasgow Distillers, will create up to 25 jobs when it becomes fully operational, with several hundred employed during the construction and fit out phases. It is expected to attract 65,000 visitors a year.

Building and civil engineering company McLaughlin and Harvey was awarded the contract to build The Clydeside Distillery.

“We’ve had a longstanding vision to build a whisky distillery on the banks of the Clyde and with the stills now in place the project is even closer to fruition,” said Andrew Morrison, commercial director at Morrison Glasgow Distillers.

“Believe it or not, Glasgow was once home to numerous whisky distilleries and we think The Clydeside Distillery will put Glasgow right back on the Scotch whisky map.