[5] It was offered for sale in 1871 when it was stated that it was capable of producing 3,000 gallons of whisky per week.

Around 1886 it was visited by Alfred Barnard who published a description of it in his book The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom.

The Glendarroch Distillery covers three acres of ground, and is solidly built of stone in the form of a quadrangle, with a frontage of 500 feet (150 m) to the [Crinan] Canal … The annual output is 80,000 gallons.

[9]In 1887 it was acquired by the Scotch Whisky Distillers Limited and renamed Glenfyne.

It was offered for sale by the trustees of William Foulds’ estate in 1891[10] when it was said to have a capacity of 150,000 gallons.