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-Whisky- Distillery GLENGYLE DISTILLERY PROFILE Type 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 Region 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? Age 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. Distilled 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, Size 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 Proof '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. Cod.733638why