The North British Distillery was established in 1885 and has been trading in Edinburgh since 1887. They're a distillation and maturation business selling grain spirit – the base for blended whisky – and its by-products. Significant quantities of North British grain whisky are included in many well-known blended brands. The production of grain spirit also creates valuable by-products which are sold on to other sectors. Within a year of opening the distillery was producing 3,600,000 litres (790,000 imp gal; 950,000 US gal) of spirit per year, output at a price of one shilling and three pence per proof gallon. By the start of World War I, production had risen to 9,000,000 litres (2,000,000 imp gal; 2,400,000 US gal) per annum but came to a halt in 1917 due to a lack of economic supply of grain.
