Glen Scotia Distillery

Glen Scotia is just one of the tiniest Scotch whisky distilleries in Scotland however one of the big names of Campbeltown. Our charming distillery still preserves much of its original design, consisting of the mash tun, the stillroom as well as the dunnage storehouse dating from the 1830s. The last century saw unstable times for the whisky distilleries of Campbeltown, yet our heritage withstands. Rich in initial attributes and also devices, Glen Scotia is an evocative and one-of-a-kind location to function, as well as visit. We work hard to keep the distillery's historical buildings and functions with care as well as pride and love showing site visitors around. To this particular day, we're adhering to the footprints of our founders, distilling whisky utilizing typical techniques, meticulously creating the one-of-a-kind Campbeltown maritime design we've come to be world renowned for. Yet we make more than whisky at Glen Scotia. In the courtyard you'll find two hives, where our resident bees produce their scrumptious honey. Glen Scotia has actually constantly generated two designs of whisky-- peated and also non peated. Usually our peated whisky is made over a period of 6 weeks annually. For many years the quality of our whisky has actually expanded, with longer fermentation and also vatting of the malted barley, as well as a slower as well as extra careful distillation. But in general the process has actually continued to be the same. Although we no longer malt our very own barley, we purchase in Scottish malted barley to our precise specification in order to maintain real Glen Scotia personality with our distilling process. We would certainly like to welcome you to Glen Scotia. Campbeltown is an extremely unique location in Scotland, described as 'the centre of deep space' by some of its current residents. With an abundance of abundant farmland, local barley, peat and also fresh water, it was almost inescapable it would become an important part of the history of whisky distilling. Distilling on the Kintyre peninsula dates back to 1609 with the giving of the first permit to generate 'aqua vitae'. In the Victorian age, Campbeltown was called the whisky funding of the world-- one of the five unique malt producing regions of Scotland, particularly Highland, Speyside, Lowland and also Islay and naturally, Campbeltown. Glen Scotia is a great instance of this historical region.