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Kinclaith distillery

Scottish malt whisky

Kinclaith distillery was the last Malt whisky still built in Glasgow, within the Strathclyde Grain distillery complex, in 1958. The Kinclaith distillery was closed in 1975.

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Kinclaith distillery
Ballater Street, Glasgow Gorbals

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Ballater Street
G5 0QW Glasgow, Gorbals
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