Kilkerran 12 Year Old Single Malt Review
Kilkerran played in interesting part in the regionality of Scotch whisky. Once known as ‘the whisky capital of the world’ as it was home to over 30 distilleries by the late 1990’s there were only two left, Glen Scotia and Springbank. As such by the early 2000’s the SWA were considering revoke Campbeltown’s status as an official Scotch whisky region. Step in the owner of Springbank distillery, Hedley Wright. Mr Wright pointed out that the Lowland region only had 3 distilleries and asked that if Campbeltown had 3 distilleries could it keep it’s status? Logic prevailed and the answer was yes. So Mr Wright bought the old, mothballed Glengyle distillery with the Mitchell’s Glengyle company and spent the next four years repairing and restoring the distillery. The stills came from the mothballed Ben Wyvis distillery and were refurbished by then production director Frank McHardy to produce a lighter, fruity style that Kilkerran have become famous for. Production began in 2004 and by 2007 they...
