A new £10 million whisky distillery and visitor centre is planned for the banks of the Clyde near the new Hydro Arena. The historic pump house is to be converted into the first distillery to open in the centre of the city for more than a century.
The plan is to convert the historic pump house at Queen's Dock
to create a single malt whisky distillery with bar, cafe, tasting
room and shop.
Scottish Enterprise has backed the scheme, which has been
developed by a group of industry experts led by Tim Morrison,
formerly of Morrison Bowmore Distillers and current boss of the AD
Rattray Scottish Whisky Company.
He said the development, which aims to educate visitors about
the history of Scotland's national drink and its production, will
play a key role in regenerating the Clydeside area.
During construction the development will support 300 jobs and
once complete, the distillery and visitor centre will employ up to
25 permanent staff.
If the scheme gets planning permission, work on the distillery
building, visitor centre and cafe will begin straight away with the
second phase, which will involve fitting the distillery equipment,
finished by mid 2015.
Source: Evening Times - £10m bid to bring whisky
distilling back to Glasgow