1. History
    Georgian Era  Funding 

2. Production
     Fermentation    Distillation   TESTBED1  The 109s 

3. See also

4. References

The company was founded in 2011 by Darren Rook,^[4][5] and angel investment expert and former microbrewery owner, Nick Taylor.^[6] TLDC is London’s first whisky distillery since the Lea Valley distillery closed in 1903.^[7][8]

History

Georgian Era

In 1807 Ralph Dodd proposed to build a distillery in Nine Elms, London. The company, to be called The London Distillery Company, took receipt of monies and share subscriptions for transferable shares. Dodd created a board of directors from prominent peers and engineers, partly prompted by Dodd's involvement with an 1806 business proposal for the Vauxhall Bridge Company.

The board of directors comprised: James Heygate,^[9][10] Ralph Dodd, John Taylor, William Clay, William Norris, Fenwick Bulmer, Samuel Sharpe, John Moore, Matthew Wilson, James Norris, John Calvert Clarke, Thomas Rolle, Abraham Walker, John Moore and Christopher Dunkin.^[11]

Following a complaint by a prominent Essex-based corn distillery headed by Tory MP Philip Metcalfe the English Crown brought a case against Dodd and The London Distillery Company under the 1720 Bubble Act. This was after raising funds, assembling staff and acquiring the Old Water Mill at Nine Elms on the Thames for £12,000. As the first case to be made under this act the Crown hired barrister Sir William Garrow as prosecutor. Dodd lost the case and the business was disbanded.^[12]

Funding

The London Distillery Company Ltd filed dormant trading accounts from June 2011 to March 2012.

Starting in early November 2011 TLDC took part in investment network Envestors Ltd's Rising Stars initiative to raise £250,000 against 45% equity. By late January 2012, TLDC had raised £150,000 through the Envestors network and friends and family of both founders. As traditional investment slowed down they decided to seek funding on crowd funding website Crowdcube to help raise a further £100,000.^[13]

Production

Fermentation

TLDC uses two 2,200 litre stainless steel fermenters from Christian CARL.

TLDC uses traditional London yeast varieties such as Whitbread B and Young's which are propagated as a liquid yeast slurry by Surebrew. Both were used for early stage fermentation trails in December 2013.^[14]

Distillation

The London Distillery Company Ltd currently operates two pot stills.

For whisky production they distill on a 650 litres copper pot still with 4 plate distillation column which was manufactured in Stuttgart Germany. Manufactured by Christian CARL GmbH, Germany’s oldest distillery fabricator since 1869,^[15] the stillhead was designed by Darren Rook.

TESTBED1

In collaboration with Dr Jason Grizzanti^[16][17] the Company pioneered a new gin category: Anglo-American Gin,^[18] acting as a crossover between the juniper-forward London Dry Gins and the more experimental New Western styles of American gins.^[19]

The first release from the TESTBED range gives people the opportunity to chart the various stages of gin development. The gin gets its distinct complexity from varying proportions of unique, organic botanicals – including bilberry, lovage root and lavender.^[20] South London freelance artist Jasmin Ford illustrated the package artwork.

The 109s

The 109 casks were launched in November 2012 as a part of The London Distillery Company's involvement with the men's health charity Movember.^[21]

See also

• List of companies based in London

References

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