Just like its Alloa neighbour Cambus, the distillery at Carsebridge was founded around the turn of the 19th century - Carsebridge was probably between 1799-1804 - and both distilleries initially made Lowland single malt whisky before being converted to grain distillation.

Carsebridge was owned and operated by John Bald from its inception until his death in 1844, when it passed to his son Robert, who soon sold it to his brother John Bald Jr. The latter converted Carsebridge to grain distillation in the 1850s and by the time of Alfred Barnard’s visit in 1886, the distillery was established as one of the largest producers of grain whisky in the country, knocking out well over 6 million litres of grain spirit per year.