Rosebank was founded in 1840 by James Rankine in Falkirk, near Edinburgh, situated on the Forth & Clyde Canal. In 1890 demand by blenders for the whisky was so high it was put on allocation. At the turn of the century, however, the Pattison Crisis hit the distillery hard and it was sold to Scottish Malt Distillers who eventually became part of Diageo. Closed during the First World War, the distill
ery remained in operation during the Second World War. In 1993 the stills fell into indefinite silence. A few distillery bottlings were released in subsequent years, as well as a handful of independent bottlings which can still be bought today, primarily on whisky auction sites. Ian Macleod Distillers obtained the Rosebank Whisky trademark from Diageo and the distillery site from Scottish Canals in October 2017. The intention is to rebuild the distillery on the existing site and adopt the processes, including triple distillation, used before the distillery closed to recreate the elegant, floral, aromatic style Rosebank is famed for. The news of Rosebank reopening was welcomed with huge excitement by whisky fans around the world, and Rosebank looks forward to sharing the journey to working distillery once more with the fans.
