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Campbeltown
1832
Crosshill Loch
Loch Lomond Distillery Company Ltd
Operational
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+44 (0)1764 682252
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The Glen Scotia distillery was founded
in 1832 by Stewart Galbraith under the
name of Scotia Distillery. Glen Scotia
is one of the last two great Campbeltown
survivors the other is Springbank. The
distillery is said to be haunted by
Duncan MacCallum who bought the
distillery in 1924. He committed suicide
by drowning himself in Campbeltown Loch
in 1930 after realising he had been
tricked out of a large sum of money by
swindlers. Although £1million was spent
upgrading the distillery between 1979
and 1982 it was closed in 1984. It was
reopened by Gibson International in 1989
but they then went into receivership in
1994. It was then acquired from
receivership by Glen Catrine.
Glen Scotia is now owned by the Loch
Lomond Distillery company through its
subsidiary company Glen Catrine Bond. It
was mothballed in 1994.
The good news is that recently a trial
distillation was carried out at Glen
Scotia using a team from the Springbank
Distillery. The quality of the spirit
that was produced was so impressive that
the owners Glen Catrine Bond expect to
be producing whisky there on a regular
basis. For now the distillery is
producing 3 months a year using
Springbank employees. We don't think it
will be producing full time in the near
future but it certainly looks like Glen
Scotia will still be around for a few
years yet.
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Glen Scotia Tasting Notes
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 Glen Scotia
12 Year Old Single Malt.
Colour:
Amber gold.
Nose:
Very spicy, peppery, hint of sherry.
Taste:
The taste confirms the nose, spicy,
chocolate notes, plum hints.
Finish:
Warm pleasant finish..
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Glen Scotia offer you the following choice
of single malts:
- 12 Year Old Single Malt.
- 14 Year Old Single Malt.
- 30 Year Old 1974 Rum Barrel.
- You will find an excellent
selection of Glen Scotia both
original and independent bottlings available from
top whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange.
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