Falkirk Whisky Distillery Approved

[John]

Scottish ministers have given final approval to plans for a £5m whisky distillery in Falkirk.

The development will also feature a visitor centre and restaurant and could create up to 80 new jobs.

The Falkirk Distillery Company will create the complex on land near Cadger's Brae, at Polmont.

The distillery will be the first to operate in the town since the famed Rosebank Distillery was shut in 1993.

Historic Scotland had raised objections about the development's proximity to the Antonine Wall, which was given World Heritage Status in 2008.

However, ministers found it would not directly impact on the wall and could boost tourism in the area.

Rosebank Distillery, which was situated beside the Forth and Clyde Canal and dated from the 1840s, produced a triple-distilled single malt. The bottles currently sell for more than £200.

Suggestions that the product produced at the new distillery might carry the Rosebank name have been denied by Diageo, which owns the trademark.

John

Source: BBC News

[Alastair]

I wouldnt think Diageo would ever let them use the Rosebank name although the whisky they will produce could be very similar to Rosebank as i believe bought up a lot of the equipment from the old Rosebank distillery.

[William]

The distillery project is the work of the local Stewart family which is operating under the name of the Falkirk Distillery Company.

The Stewart family first outlined plans for the distillery two years ago but as Johns post says the planning process was delayed by objections that the development was close to the Antonine Well, which has World Heritage Site status.

It is great news that plans have been approved.

There is a good video on the STV site although from last year still worth a watch
http://video.stv.tv/?bcpid=37654293001&bctid=15016246001

William

[Andy M]

Cheers for the link to the video William, it certainly looks like they intend to try and reproduce a Rosebank style whisky and they have a good chance of doing so given thenequipment that they have aquired from the Rosebank distillery.

[McKay]

It will be Rosebank except in name by the look of it.