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Campbeltown · Campbeltown

Glengyle (Kilkerran)

Est. 1872 · Campbeltown
Reopened

Lightly peated, oily, lemon and sea spray; sold as Kilkerran.

Owner
J. & A. Mitchell
Water
Crosshill Loch
Region
Campbeltown, Campbeltown
Position
55.427°N 5.611°W

Founded by William Mitchell after a row with his brother at Springbank, closed in 1925 and rebuilt by Springbank's owners in 2004 to keep Campbeltown's status as a whisky region. The whisky is called Kilkerran because the Glengyle name belongs to someone else.

The range
  1. Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength
  2. Kilkerran 12 Year Old
  3. Kilkerran 16 Year Old
  4. Kilkerran Heavily Peated