Rosebank 32YR Lowland Single Malt Scotch

Rosebank fired into life in 1840 on the banks of the Forth & Clyde canal, just west of Falkirk in the heart of the Lowlands. The distillery was founded by James Rankine, a local wine merchant, and within forty years the Rankines were shipping their whisky half way around the world to Australia.

Rosebank’s owners eventually released a single malt, but it was too late to save the distillery. Its fate lay with the big blends it supplied, and with too much blended whisky in the market, Rosebank closed in 1993. For the late whisky guru, Michael Jackson who never doubted Rosebank was [and is] one of the greats, it was “a grievous loss”. Hopes of its revival faded with every passing year, and when copper thieves broke in and destroyed the stills in 2008, it was surely Rosebank R.I.P … ?

Against the odds, Rosebank was rescued just in time by Ian Macleod Distillers in 2017. This cherished distillery that had so nearly crumbled into dust was to be rebuilt, and brought back into family hands. “I was absolutely overjoyed,” said the acclaimed whisky writer, Dave Broom, and he spoke for many. This time Rosebank would stand on its own two feet for the quality of its much-loved single malt. And on those solid foundations, a beautiful new distillery has been built.