Menstrie is a village in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is one of a string of communities that, because of their area at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. The residents of Menstrie once processed woollen from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody established a carding as well as rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, missing from their very own village. In the very early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also enhance the transportation of items to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road rest on the old course along the foot of the hills. The new road, now the A91, became an emphasis for building and construction of churches, homes, mills as well as 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 raised to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a firm, which included the owners of local mills and also a distillery, financed a branch train line with 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 own guest 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 bring products after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse during the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the eastern of the village, next to the Dams Burn. Production has actually continued this website for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, originally a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had progressively come to be the main product as well as opted for manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally available, is still valuable. A considerable bonded 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 derived from yeast. The whisky and yeast organisations are currently run by separate companies, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The last carries out product advancement as well as manufacturing 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 factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A road close by currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was house to households whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and textile sectors have declined, Menstrie has actually become a commuter dorm, topping the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and also 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 respectively. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.