The distillery is at Camelon, just north of Falkirk, on the bank of the Forth-Clyde Canal. The first record of distilling activity here was in 1798 by Messrs Stark.
During the 1840's, the maltings of the Camelon distillery were acquired by James Rankine, a local grocer and wine and spirit merchant. He rebuilt the distillery and began to produce a whisky of high quality. Such was the demand from the blenders that he sold it on allocation. These were the beginnings of the most well-known of the Lowland malts.
In 1894, Rosebank Distillery Ltd. was formed. In 1914, it was among the companies that amalgamated to form the Scottish Malt Distillers before the group became part of DCL.
Despite being widely regarded as the most distinguished of the Lowland malts, Rosebank Distillery was closed in 1993.
Extract from The Mitchell Beazley Pocket Whisky Book by the whisky expert Charles Maclean.
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