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Glen Scotia Distillery

12 High Street, Campbeltown PA28 6DS 
01586 552288 
www.glenscotia-distillery.co.uk
Gaelic "Glen Scoti" - glen of the Scots.
Website has brief details on the distillery, its history, its process and its whiskies. You can also buy whisky online.
Page Updated 05/02/2018
SMWS 93
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Visiting

Glen Scotia is now open to the public and offers a number of tours and tastings - see website for full details.  Note that some tours must be booked 2 weeks in advance.
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June 2013

Vital Stats

Status Active 
Built 1832
Stills 2 - 1 wash 1 spirit
Capacity 750,000 litres   
Owner Exponent (Loch Lomond Group)
Water Source   Crosshill Loch
Washbacks  6 Corten Steel
Worm Tubs
Mash
1st water
 63°
2nd water  79°
3rd water  90°
4th water  90°
Fermentation   48 hours +
Lyne Arms   horizontal
Wash stills  11,800 litres
Spirit stills   8,600 litres
Peating level   up to 15 ppm 
Founded as Scotia Distillery in 1832 by James Stewart and John & William Galbraith family who ran it until 1919 when it was acquired by West Highland Distilleries, who also bought Glengyle in the same year. (At least this is the timeline according to most sources, though the distillery's own site has Duncan MacCallum buying the distillery in 1891 and forming a company called Stewart Galbraith & Co - which may have lead to some of the confusion). Whichever is correct, West Highland Distilleries went broke in 1924, and Scotia was bought by one of its directors Duncan MacCallum, but production ceased in 1928.
MacCallum committed suicide in 1930 drowning himself in Crosshill (or possibly Campbeltown) Loch after discovering he had been swindled out of a large sum of money. MacCallum's ghost is said to haunt the distillery.
Bloch Brothers bought the distillery around this time and restarted production in 1933 (the year US Prohibition was repealed) - the year they also renamed the distillery - Glen Scotia.
Glen Scotia continued to  have a fairly chequered history - and several changes of ownership. Even after being sold to Glen Catrine (owners of Loch Lomond Distillery) in 1994, for some time the equipment was kept "ticking over" with occasional use, run by staff from Springbank. The last few years have brought an upturn in its fortunes, and following the acquisition of the Loch Lomond Distillers by Exponent, a new range of malts has been released and the distillery opened to the public.
Malt Madness, Wikipedia, WhiskyMerchants.co.uk  scotchwhisky.com
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April 2013
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Getting There

Click the map's Google logo to go to Google Maps - for Directions, Street View etc. 
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Glen Scotia Distillery is in the middle of Campbeltown - it's getting to Campbeltown that's the problem - particularly by bike. Nearest train stations: Dalmally (DAL) (90 miles), Oban (OBN) (86), Ardrossan Harbour (ADS) (49 miles plus 2 ferries). Live Train Times: DAL OBN, ADS (The nearest station is actually Ballymoney in N Ireland a 90 minute ferry journey plus 16 miles away). 
The Scottish Ferry Services: Ferries Plan (2013-2022) recommended an experimental Summer (late April to late September) service from Ardrossan to Campbeltown CalMac Summer timetable, with direct services from Ardrossan to Campbeltown on Thu/Fri/Sun and from Campbeltown to Ardrossan on Fri/Sun and via Brodick on Saturday. There is no winter timetable service.

Range

Until 2013 the only generally available bottling was a 12yo, but then the "Heilan' Coo" range was launched - bottled at 46%, unchillfiltered. This has now been replaced by a new range by the new owners - at 46% unless otherwise stated - NAS Double Cask; 15yo; 18yo; 25yo (48.8%); and NAS Victoriana (51.5%)
A number of independent bottlings are also available.
RMW   TWE    MoM

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Photos on this page were taken by me. Click on photo to enlarge. Full size versions of all my photos of Glen Scotia Distillery are available on Flickr.
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