Port Dundas Distillery  

74-80 North Canal Bank Street, Glasgow, G4 9XL

From the Gaelic for South (deas) Fort (dun)
Page updated 21/05/17
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Vital Stats

Status Closed 2010
Built 1811/1813
Capacity 39,000,000 litres   
Last Owner Diageo
Water Source  Loch Katrine
Started off as two separate distilleries both called Port Dundas, they merged in 1877, though they'd had close links from the start. They would have been Malt distilleries to start with as they were established before the invention of the continuous still. The pot stills were in situ at the time of Barnard's visit in 1885/86, but Coffey stills were installed in both distilleries in 1845. Closed in 2010 when Diageo decided to consolidate their Grain whisky distillation at North British and Cameron Bridge.
Malt Madness, Wikipedia, WhiskyMerchants.co.uk 
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Colin Dunn with a bottle of Port Dundas 20yo

Getting There

Port Dundas Distillery was at the end of the Glasgow Branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal. The nearest stations are  High Street (HST); Springburn (SPR); Glasgow Queen Street (GLQ);  Live Train Times: HST, SPR, GLQ. Nearer is Glasgow Underground Station, Cowcaddens.
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Open Cycle Map   Bing Map.

Range

Unlike most Grain distilleries, Port Dundas has released own bottlings, but look to independent bottlers for most examples. Should be some casks of this around for a while as was only recently closed.
RMW, TWE Links are to their Grain pages.
For more pictures from inside Port Dundas see: www.catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/?p=451
Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Port Dundas Distillery are available on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martynjenkins/sets/72157632404009947/