Menstrie is a village in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It has to do with 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is just one of a string of towns that, because of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Towns or merely The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie once refined wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody set up a carding and spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and power, missing from their own town. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as improve the transportation of goods to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road rest on the old route along the foot of capitals. The new roadway, currently the A91, came to be a focus for building of churches, homes, mills and stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 yet had enhanced to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the proprietors of regional mills and a distillery, financed a branch train line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own passenger station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Almost absolutely nothing of the station continues to be and the railway branch line, which remained to carry products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the village, close to the Dams Burn. Production has actually advanced this website for greater than 250 years though production of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, initially a byproduct of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the main product and opted for manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally offered, is still beneficial. A substantial adhered stockroom area continues to be for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation products originated from yeast. The whisky and yeast companies are currently operated by different companies, namely Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) as well as Kerry Group. The last performs product growth along with making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses small businesses. A furniture manufacturing facility, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A street close by currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to family members whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and textile sectors have actually declined, Menstrie has come to be a commuter dorm, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.