Rosebank was the most revered of all Lowland malts. There are conflicting references to the distillery origins as the first record of distilling was in 1798. Official records for Rosebank show it was founded in 1842 by James Rankine. Rosebank was referred to, as the ‘Falkirk distillery’. The distillery was located at Camelon, a village just north of Falkirk and between Glasgow and Edinburgh on the banks of the Forth-Clyde Canal. The water used was sourced from a reservoir in Carron Valley.

Rosebank utilised the traditional triple distillation method with one wash still and two spirit stills. This produced a light, aromatic whisky with a style most suited as an aperitif. Rosebank whispered a pretty floral character with perhaps a suggestion of clover and a hint of fruit. The last owners of Rosebank Distillery were United Distillers who closed it down in 1993. It was converted to a restaurant.