Glenugie Whisky

Glenugie Whisky Distillery was established in 1831 by Donald McLeod and was originally called Invernettie. The Glenugie Whisky Distillery was silent for most of World War I, but opened for a short time in 1923-1924 as the Glenugie Distillery Ltd. Scheney International acquired Seager Evans & Co Ltd in 1956 and decided to improve the equipment and used an oil system to replace the coal-fired boiler as well as introducing a pair of new stills with condensers. This led to production doubling. The solution on the resultant strain on the workshop was to cease site malting and also to convert the malt house to warehouse space. It was one of a number of whisky distilleries that failed to continue past 1983. This was because there was too much competition at the time, leading to several single malt distilleries closing in that year. The Glenugie Whisky Distillery was dismantled shortly thereafter.