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Burnside (1) 5.0 (1) Upload a picture ... 1825 Year closure: 1919 Founder: McMurchy, Ralston & Co. Details about the Distillery User Notes about the Distillery ... Exceeding Characters will not be saved! There are no user notes for this distillery yet. Navigate. Top 10 collected 22Y - 1996 / 2018 Burnside - 55.6% - 0.7l

Some grain distilleries shifted their focus to producing industrial alcohol for weaponry and solvent purposes. After the war ended, people thought things would return to normal, and there was a sudden rush to distil in 1919. However, the 1920s turned out to be a dark era for whisky as it faced several challenges.

The passing of the amendment shuttered distilleries overnight, many closing their doors for good and many brands lost to Prohibition. Even though it would eventually be overturned on December 5, 1933, over a decade of no sales for some producers were too much of a financial burden on them that they were forever lost to history.