Distillery |
GLENGYLE DISTILLERY PROFILE |
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The Mitchell's Glengyle Distillery Was Officially Opened On The 25th March 2004. To Celebrate The 3rd Birthday And Legal Coming of Age of Campbeltown's Newest Single Malt Whisky A Small Amaunt As |
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Been Made Available to Visitors to The Distillery. Kilkerran Is The Name That Has Been Chosen For The Single Malt to be Produced At Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd.Why Kilkerran? |
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Well, For two Reasons. Firstly, Because The Name Glengyle Is Already Used For A Vatted Highland Malt And Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd. Were Not Able to Buy The Rights to Use The Name. |
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They Also Wished to Avoid Any Possible Confusion Between The Newest Single Malt to Come From the Campbeltown Region And A Pre-Existing Vatted Highland Malt. Secondly, And More Importantly, |
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Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd. Are Very Proud to be Continuing And Adding to The Great Campbeltown Distilling Tradition And The choice of Name Reflects That. Kilkerran Is Derived From The Gaelic |
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'Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain' Which Is The Name of The Original Settlement Where Saint Kerran Had His Religious Cell And Where Campbeltown Now Stands. Kilkerran Is Thought to be A Suitable Name For |
Notes |
A New Campbeltown Malt Since It Was Unusual For The Old Campbeltown Distilleries to be Called After A Glen, A Custom More Usually Associated With The Speyside Region.Water Supply The Grosshill Loch. |
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