Scotch Whisky Regions: Campbeltown
By: Sarah Chappell
Published: May 18, 2011

Campbeltown is the smallest and least well-known Scotch region. Located on the Kintyre peninsula on the southwest coast of Scotland, Campbeltown had plentiful resources and was once home to as many as 28 distilleries, but a focus on quantity over quality led to a collapse in the 1920s. Campbeltown lost its designation as a Scotch region, but has been reinstated and is now home to three distilleries.
Of the current distilleries, Springbank is arguably the best known and produces three different whiskies. The eponymous scotch is lightly peated and can have a clean salinity. Longrow is a heavily peated style, with more medicinal and smoky aromas. Hazelburn is the newest addition to the lineup, and contains no peat. The result is a fresh and fruity Scotch. Owned by the same people as Springbank, Glengyle has been recently renovated and production resumed in 2004, but it will not bottle any whisky until 2014. At that time, it will be sold under the name Kilkerran. Glen Scotia produces several styles, but tends towards rich and sweet noses with hints of sherry, or whiskies with heavy peat.

Comments:
CL Farley
May 18, 2011

Have been to this area and what  a great place!  Rode creeks that looked black with peat and drank water from a crystal clear well.  Neat Neat Neat!!!