Glengyle
SCOTCH SINGLE MALT WHISKIES > G
Campbeltown
GLENGYLE also see Kilkerran
Februari 2001
De Springbank distilleerderij maakt bekend dat de aangrenzende gebouwen van de voormalige Glengyle distilleerderij zijn gekocht met de bedoeling om hier weer whisky te gaan produceren in 2004 / 2005.
Glengyle werd gesticht in 1873 door William Mitchell. Het was een kleine distilleerderij met twee ketels, drie lagerpakhuizen en 14 medewerkers.
De distilleerderij werd in 1919 gekocht door West Highland Malt Distillers Ltd, maar sloot in 1925.
De gehele voorraad van zowel Glengyle als Dalaruan werd op 8 April 1925 geveild.
De lagerpakhuizen werden in 1929 gekocht door de Craig Brothers en werden in gebruik genomen als garage en benzinestation.
In 1941 werd het gebouw, waarin de distilleerderij zelf was gevestigd gekocht door de ge-broeders Bloch, toen de eigenaars van Glen Scotia, de bedoeling was om Glengyle weer op te starten, maar door de tweede wereldoorlog ging dit niet door.
In Juli 1957 wilde Campbell Henderson Glengyle opnieuw opstarten maar ook dit ging niet, door.
Glengyle is de meest komplete en best bewaarde distilleerderij van de stad Campbeltown.
Brothers John & William Mitchell, founders of the Springbank Distillery, parted company leaving John and his son Archibald, in charge of Springbank.
William Mitchell went on to build the Glengyle Distillery which started production in 1873.
J. & A. Mitchell's present chairman and managing director is both great grandson and great nephew of John & William respectively, making both Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries private and family owned Scottish companies.
Glengyle operated for 52 years before ceasing production in 1925 when there was a world wide dowturn in the demand for whisky.
During the last 75 years the buildings have been well maintained and used for a variety of different uses including a rifle range and latterly a farmers cooperative.
With this venture J. & A. Mitchell & Co. Ltd are showing their commitment to expanding the existing distillery industrie in Campbeltown and hence confirming its place as one of the whisky distilling regions of Scotland.
It is anticipated that the distillery will produce spirit during 2003.
The first distillation at Glengyle will contain a variety of different wood types including ex rum, port, madeira, cognac, selected sherry and bourbon thus providing some exceptional flavours.
A limited number of bottles are being set aside from this unique distillation. The whisky will be bottled as a 10 year old in 2013.
Het gebouwencomplex waarin vroeger de Glengyle distilleerderij was gehuisvest, werd in 2000 gekocht door de eigenaars van Springbank.
Gedurende 2001 werden panden gerenoveerd en verbouwd.
In Februari 2002 werden de ketels en condensers van de Ben Wyvis distilleerderij, gevestigd in de graandistilleerderij van Invergordon aangeschaft, en naar ideeën van Frank McHardy de manager van Springbank gewijzigd.
In hetzelfde jaar werd de Malt Mill van Craigellachie gekocht.
In Maart 2003 werd begonnen met het instaleren van het ketelhuis en werd een pijpleiding aangelegd voor de aanvoer van water van Crosshill Loch.
Vier Larikshouten washbacks van elk 30.000 liter inhoud werden geinstaleerd in Januari 2004.
Glengyle Distillery werd opgestart op 1 Maart 2004.
De whisky zal als Kilkerran op de markt komen.
De naam is afgeleid van het Keltische 'Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain' wat de vroegere naam was van de plek is wat nu Campbeltown heet.
De naam Glengyle staat ook voor een vatted malt van wat eerder een merk was van Gibson International en nu Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd.
Over deze naam kon men niet beschikken.
7 th Oct 2002
The first distillation at Glengyle since 1925 will take place during 2004 and from the filling we will set aside casks to be bottled at ten years old.
The six casks will all be different and will be selected in conjunction with Willie Taylor at Broxburn Cooperage to ensure the casks are fully coopered prior to filling.
The wood types are as follows:
Fresh Sherry - ex Oloroso
Fresh Sherry - ex Fino
Fresh Rum - ex Demerara
Fresh Madeira - ex Henriques & Henriques
Fresh Port - ex Cocksburns
Fresh Bourbon - ex Jim Beam
Maturation will take place over a ten year period in a traditional earth floored warehouse which will allow the whisky to develop and absorb, naturally, the unique flavours associated with the wood types used.
Limited to 700 bottles of each wood type.
Price per bottle £ 1
Price per set £ 9
for J. & A Mitchell & Co,Ltd, Mr Frank McHardy, General Manager.
1872
GLENGYLE also see Kilkerran
Februari 2001
De Springbank distilleerderij maakt bekend dat de aangrenzende gebouwen van de voormalige Glengyle distilleerderij zijn gekocht met de bedoeling om hier weer whisky te gaan produceren in 2004 / 2005.
Glengyle werd gesticht in 1873 door William Mitchell. Het was een kleine distilleerderij met twee ketels, drie lagerpakhuizen en 14 medewerkers.
De distilleerderij werd in 1919 gekocht door West Highland Malt Distillers Ltd, maar sloot in 1925.
De gehele voorraad van zowel Glengyle als Dalaruan werd op 8 April 1925 geveild.
De lagerpakhuizen werden in 1929 gekocht door de Craig Brothers en werden in gebruik genomen als garage en benzinestation.
In 1941 werd het gebouw, waarin de distilleerderij zelf was gevestigd gekocht door de ge-broeders Bloch, toen de eigenaars van Glen Scotia, de bedoeling was om Glengyle weer op te starten, maar door de tweede wereldoorlog ging dit niet door.
In Juli 1957 wilde Campbell Henderson Glengyle opnieuw opstarten maar ook dit ging niet, door.
Glengyle is de meest komplete en best bewaarde distilleerderij van de stad Campbeltown.
Brothers John & William Mitchell, founders of the Springbank Distillery, parted company leaving John and his son Archibald, in charge of Springbank.
William Mitchell went on to build the Glengyle Distillery which started production in 1873.
J. & A. Mitchell's present chairman and managing director is both great grandson and great nephew of John & William respectively, making both Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries private and family owned Scottish companies.
Glengyle operated for 52 years before ceasing production in 1925 when there was a world wide dowturn in the demand for whisky.
During the last 75 years the buildings have been well maintained and used for a variety of different uses including a rifle range and latterly a farmers cooperative.
With this venture J. & A. Mitchell & Co. Ltd are showing their commitment to expanding the existing distillery industrie in Campbeltown and hence confirming its place as one of the whisky distilling regions of Scotland.
It is anticipated that the distillery will produce spirit during 2003.
The first distillation at Glengyle will contain a variety of different wood types including ex rum, port, madeira, cognac, selected sherry and bourbon thus providing some exceptional flavours.
A limited number of bottles are being set aside from this unique distillation. The whisky will be bottled as a 10 year old in 2013.
Het gebouwencomplex waarin vroeger de Glengyle distilleerderij was gehuisvest, werd in 2000 gekocht door de eigenaars van Springbank.
Gedurende 2001 werden panden gerenoveerd en verbouwd.
In Februari 2002 werden de ketels en condensers van de Ben Wyvis distilleerderij, gevestigd in de graandistilleerderij van Invergordon aangeschaft, en naar ideeën van Frank McHardy de manager van Springbank gewijzigd.
In hetzelfde jaar werd de Malt Mill van Craigellachie gekocht.
In Maart 2003 werd begonnen met het instaleren van het ketelhuis en werd een pijpleiding aangelegd voor de aanvoer van water van Crosshill Loch.
Vier Larikshouten washbacks van elk 30.000 liter inhoud werden geinstaleerd in Januari 2004.
Glengyle Distillery werd opgestart op 1 Maart 2004.
De whisky zal als Kilkerran op de markt komen.
De naam is afgeleid van het Keltische 'Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain' wat de vroegere naam was van de plek is wat nu Campbeltown heet.
De naam Glengyle staat ook voor een vatted malt van wat eerder een merk was van Gibson International en nu Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse Ltd.
Over deze naam kon men niet beschikken.
7 th Oct 2002
The first distillation at Glengyle since 1925 will take place during 2004 and from the filling we will set aside casks to be bottled at ten years old.
The six casks will all be different and will be selected in conjunction with Willie Taylor at Broxburn Cooperage to ensure the casks are fully coopered prior to filling.
The wood types are as follows:
Fresh Sherry - ex Oloroso
Fresh Sherry - ex Fino
Fresh Rum - ex Demerara
Fresh Madeira - ex Henriques & Henriques
Fresh Port - ex Cocksburns
Fresh Bourbon - ex Jim Beam
Maturation will take place over a ten year period in a traditional earth floored warehouse which will allow the whisky to develop and absorb, naturally, the unique flavours associated with the wood types used.
Limited to 700 bottles of each wood type.
Price per bottle £ 1
Price per set £ 9
for J. & A Mitchell & Co,Ltd, Mr Frank McHardy, General Manager.
1872
Glengyle is founded by William Mitchell
1919
1919
West Highland Distilleries Ltd new owner
1925
1925
Glengyle is closed
1929
1929
The warehouses are bought by Craig Brothers
rebuilt in a garage and petrol station
1941
1941
Bloch Brothers, whisky brokers and owners of
Scapa and Glen Scotia buys Glengyle but never
reopened the distillery, and Sir Maurice Bloch
sold his business to Hiram Walker, Gooderham
and Worts in 1954.
1957
1957
Campbell Henderson has the intention to reopen
Glengyle Distillery
2000
2000
Hedley Wright, owner of Springbank Distillery
buys Glengyle Distillery
2004
First distillation takes place in March 2007
First Limited Release, a 3 year old Glengyle is released
2009
2009
Kilkerran, ' Work in progress " is launched
2010
Kilkerran, "Work in progress 2" is launched
2011
Kilkerran, "Work in progress 3" is launched
The stills, spirit safe and spirit receiver came from Ben Wyvis.
The stills, spirit safe and spirit receiver came from Ben Wyvis.
The body mill was bought from Craigellachie.
The semi lauter wash tun is made by Forsyth in Rothes
The semi lauter wash tun is made by Forsyth in Rothes
4 Wash backs are new and made from boat skin larch
and each 30.000 litres. The capacity is 750.000 litres.
MITCHELL'S GLENGYLE
A subsidiary of J&A Mitchell, which operates Glengyle distillery and produces Kilkerran single malt.
When J&A Mitchell acquired the silent Glengyle distillery in 2000 it established a new subsidiary named Mitchell’s Glengyle to operate the site.
Kilkerran single malt – the name for Glengyle’s whisky – and Mitchell’s blend are both produced under its name.
By the year 2000 Campbeltown’s Glengyle distillery had lain silent for 75 years. Its glory days as a malt whisky distillery seemed a distant dream, and a new life as a rifle range and grain store had settled in.
J&A Mitchell changed all that. The owner of Springbank and independent bottler Wm Cadenhead acquired the distillery and established Mitchell’s Glengyle as a subsidiary to operate the site.
The group, led by Mr. Hedley Wright, spent the next four years refurbishing the plant, which finally reopened in 2004. The trademark for Glengyle had passed to Bloch Bros, the distillery’s previous owner, so the distillery’s whisky was bottled under the brand name Kilkerran – the original Gaelic name for Campbeltown.
2016
Kilkerran was first released as a 5-year-old ‘work in progress’
single malt in 2009, while the brand’s first permanent expression
– a 12-year-old – was issued in
DISTILLERIES & BRANDS
Glengyle
CAMPBELTOWN SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Kilkerran
CAMPBELTOWN SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Mitchell's
BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
J&A Mitchell & Company (Current owner)
Eaglesome
William Cadenhead
The Mitchell family was the dominant force in Campbeltown’s distilling community in the 19th century. By 1872, John and his son Alexander were running Springbank; John’s brothers Hugh, William, and Archibald had founded Riechlachan, situated next door, while Archibald’s son, William, had just started his own distillery, Glengyle, which was next door again. He sold in 1919 to the short-lived, R&B-backed, consortium of Campbeltown distillers: West Highland Malt Distilleries [Ardlussa, Dalintober, Glen Nevis, Glen Scotia, Kinloch] but the venture failed and, in 1925, it was one of many Campbeltown plants to close down.
Perhaps surprisingly, there was still remaining stock in the 1940s when the distillery and the Glengyle brand name were bought by blenders Bloch Bros which had also bought Glen Scotia [see also Scapa]. There were plans mooted to reopen but they came to nothing and the plant became a rifle range, and feed store.
In 2000, however, J&A Mitchell [Springbank] bought the site and four years later Glengyle reopened. Because the Glengyle trademark had passed to Bloch Bros (and subsequent owners of Glen Scotia) the brand is called Kilkerran – the original name of Campbeltown. The first release was in 2007 and has been followed by annual ‘Works in Progress’. A 12-year-old is planned for 2016.
CAPACITY (MLPA) i
0.75
CONDENSER TYPE i
Shell and tube
FERMENTATION TIME i
72-110hrs
FILLING STRENGTH i
63-64%
GRIST WEIGHT (T) i
4
HEAT SOURCE i
Steam kettles and coils
MALT SPECIFICATION i
8-10ppm
MALT SUPPLIER i
Various, of Scottish origin
MASH TUN MATERIAL i
Stainless Steel
MASH TUN TYPE i
Semi-Lauter
NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i
68-69%
SINGLE MALT PERCENTAGE i
90%
SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i
10,800
SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i
Onion
SPIRIT STILL SIZE (L) i
15,000
STILLS i
2
WAREHOUSING i
Racking and dunnage
WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i
11,000
WASH STILL SHAPE i
Onion
WASH STILL SIZE (L) i
18,000
WASHBACK CHARGE (L) i
30,000
WASHBACK SIZE (L) i
30,000
WASHBACK TYPE i
Wood
WASHBACKS i
4
WATER SOURCE i
Crosshill Loch
YEAST TYPE i
M
J&A Mitchell & Company
2000 - present
Mitchell's Glengyle
Campbell Henderson
1957 - 1970
Bloch Brothers
1940 - 1957
West Highland Malt Distilleries
1919 - 1924
William Mitchell
1872 - 1919
Kilkerran single malt was born from the rebirth of Glengyle distillery in 2004. The Campbeltown distillery, which had closed in 1925, was reopened after the turn of the century by J&A Mitchell. However, the Glengyle brand name had been previously sold to Bloch Bros, leaving the distillery’s new owners to consider an alternative name for its single malt. Kilkerran – Cille Chiarain in Gaelic – is the original name of Campbeltown.
Lightly peated and non-chill-filtered, the 12-year-old is matured 70% in ex-Bourbon casks and 30% in ex-Sherry casks. The result is a far cry from the traditional heavy malt distilled at Glengyle during the Victorian era.
The annual ‘Work-in-Progress’ releases were matured either in ex-Bourbon or ex-Sherry and were released in quantities of between nine and 18,000 bottles.
Glengyle distillery was founded by William Mitchell in 1872, and it remained in family ownership until 1919. After it was closed by West Highland Malt Distilleries in 1925 the distillery and remaining stocks were acquired by Bloch Bros, which had also bought Glen Scotia.
The distillery was silent for three-quarters of a century, but was purchased by J&A Mitchell in 2000. Four years later Glengyle was reopened, and its first Kilkerran single malt released in 2009 as a 5-year-old ‘Work-in-Progress’ expression. Annual work in progress releases continued thereafter until 2015.
In 2016 a permanent 12-year-old expression was released.
1872
The original Glengyle Distillery is
built by William Mitchell
1919
Glengyle is bought by
West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd
1925
Glengyle is closed
1941
Glengyle is bought by Bloch Brothers
1957
Campbell Henderson applies for
planning permission
with the intention to open again
the distillery
2000
Hedley Wright from Springbank
Distillery and related
to founder William Mitchell aquires
the distillery
2004
First distillation takes place in
March after recontruction
2007
First Limited release 3 year old
2008
Kilkerran "Work in Progress"
released
2010
"Work in Progress 2"released
2011
"Work in Progress 3" released
2012
"Work in Progress 4"realeased
2013
"Work in Progress 5": released:
Two versions Sherry and Bourbon
2014
"Work in Progress 6"released:
Two versions Sherry and Bourbon
2015
"Work in Progress 7"released
Two versions Sherry and Bourbon
2016
Kilkerran 12 years is released
2017
Kilkerran 8 years is released
2019
Kilkerran Heavily Peated released
is 15 % from the output
2020
Capacity: 750.000 Ltrs
Output: 90.000 Ltrs
A 16 years old released
2021
Batch four of Heavily Peated and
Batch 2 of the 16 year old released
2022
Two new 8 year old CS batches released
Campbeltown, a whisky region in its own right
The history of Mitchell’s Glengyle distillery is a long and colourful one, but one which begins with a man named William Mitchell. William was the son of Archibald Mitchell, the founder of nearby Springbank Distillery. In the second half of the 1800s William ran Springbank Distillery in a partnership with his brother John, while the other brothers and sister were active running the old Rieclachan Distillery across the town. The family were not just distillers but also farmers, which was quite a common thing in those days. The growing of barley and production of farmers’ feed (a bi-product from mashing) meant that it made sense to run a distillery as well as being a farmer to keep the cost down. The farming element in the partnership with John didn’t run very smoothly – allegedly the two brothers had a quarrel about sheep – and this saw William leave the family business to start up his own venture, Glengyle Distillery on the corner of Glebe Street and Glengyle Road, just down the road from Springbank. Mitchell’s Glengyle Distillery was founded by William Mitchell in 1872 and he ran the distillery as a sole proprietor.Like the majority of Campbeltown distilleries, Glengyle suffered greatly during the economic downturn at the beginning of the 20th century. It was bought by West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd in 1919 then sold again in 1924 for the princely sum of £300, before production finally ceased altogether in 1925. The entire spirit stock from the Glengyle Distillery was auctioned off on the 8th of April that same year.
Despite not producing any more spirit, the Mitchell’s Glengyle Distillery buildings remained in relatively constant use right up to modern days. In the 1920s the building was rented out to Campbeltown Miniature Rifle Club for a number of years and the buildings were later used a depot and sales office for an agricultural company and so it remained the best preserved of all the former Campbeltown distilleries.
Possibly because the buildings were so well preserved, a number of attempts have been made to re-open Glengyle Distillery in the past. The first was a mere 16 years after it had closed down when it was bought by the Bloch Brothers, then owners of Glen Scotia Distillery, who planned to rebuild and extend Glengyle. The war intervened however and nothing came of it. A further attempt was made in 1957 when Campbell Henderson applied for outline planning permission to undertake a £250,000 modernisation of Glengyle and re-open it but again nothing came of it. Third time lucky though as in November 2000, 75 years after Glengyle had last produced spirit, it was announced that the buildings had been bought by a new company, Mitchell’s Glengyle Limited, headed by Mr Hedley Wright, chairman of J&A Mitchell and Co Ltd, and great-great nephew of William Mitchell, original founder of Glengyle.
Why name the whisky Kilkerran?
Kilkerran is the name that was chosen for the single malt produced at Mitchell’s Glengyle Distillery, there are two reasons for this. Firstly, because the name Glengyle is already used for a blended Highland malt and Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd were not able to purchase the rights to use that name. They also wished to avoid any possible confusion between the newest single malt to come from the Campbeltown region and a pre-existing blended Highland malt.
Secondly, and more importantly, 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 ‘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 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.