From the Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown, this Limited core release Kilkerran 8 year old Cask Strength is released annually, either as a one or two part release.
Previous releases have included full maturations in Bourbon, Port and Sherry, with this latest release being fully matured in Bourbon.
Nose: A typically zesty introduction to this dram, with notes of key lime pie, apple jelly, honey and vanilla.
Palate: There is a creaminess on the palate, with notes of banoffee pie, vanilla custard and panna cotta.
Finish: Sea salt and brine notes emerge in the finish, along with a gorse note.
Kilkerran Single Malt is produced at the historic Campbeltown distillery, Glengyle, originally founded by the Mitchell family and owned by the J&A Mitchell group since its re-build and resumption of production in 2004.
Glengyle Distillery have all the parts of the whisky production process on site, from the traditional floor maltings conducted at their sister distillery, Springbank, to the bottling of every edition at our bottling hall in Campbeltown. They share the production team and calendar with the neighbouring Springbank Distillery,
Glengyle has a short production period of around three months per year, typically operational from October until December.
A historic Campbeltown distillery reimagined in the 21st century, Glengyle Distillery was originally founded by William Mitchell, who had previously run Springbank Distillery with his brother John, under the direction of their father and founder of Springbank, Archibald Mitchell. A dispute between the two brothers, William and John, led the former to leave and start his own venture, Glengyle Distillery, in 1872.
In 1919, Glengyle was sold to West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd after suffering, as many distilleries did, from the economic downturn of the early 20th century. Production then completely ceased in 1925.
Over the decades-long closure of the distillery, the buildings continued to be used by local clubs and companies and so the Glengyle buildings remained reasonably well-maintained compared to many other closed distilleries in Campbeltown.
In the year 2000, the distillery was purchased by Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd, headed by Hedley G Wright, then chairman of J&A Mitchell and great, great nephew of the original founder of Glengyle, William Mitchell. After his passing in 2023, Mr Wright’s shares in the company were transferred to three local trust funds to ensure that the community would continue to benefit from the company after his passing.
After a four year re-build to restore the buildings and install the production equipment, the first spirit was distilled in 2004 to go on to produce Kilkerran Single Malt.
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