About Carsebridge (silent)
(KARS-bridge) Carsebridge was founded near Alloa in 1799 by John Bald and began life as a malt distillery before John Bald II converted it into a grain distillery in 1852. From there it grew into one of the major Lowland grain sites of the 19th century, became one of the founding members of Distillers Company Ltd in 1877, and by the time it passed into Scottish Grain Distillers in 1966 it was one of the biggest grain distilleries in Scotland.
Most of Carsebridge’s whisky disappeared into blends rather than official bottlings, which is a large part of why surviving independent releases are so interesting now. The distillery closed in 1983 during industry consolidation, most of the site was demolished in the 1990s, and remaining stocks have become increasingly scarce, giving Carsebridge a lasting place among the more important lost names in Scotch grain whisky.