Campbeltown Single Malts are single malt Scotchwhiskies distilled in the burgh of Campbeltown, Scotland, on the Kintyre penninsula. Once a major producer of whisky with as many as 28 distilleries, and claiming the title "whisky capital of the world", the area has since declined, due to economic depression and the area's increasing association with poorer quality whisky. Only three distilleries continue to produce whisky in Campbeltown: Springbank, Glengyle, and Glen Scotia. The Springbank Distillery, however, produces three distinct whiskies, Springbank, Hazelburn, and Longrow, and is only one of two in the nation to create more than one in a single location. Glengyle Distillery has only recently been revived and will not see a whisky bottled until around 2014, which will be sold under the name Kilkerran to avoid any confusion with the Highland vatted malt named Glengyle. A Hart Brothers bottling of 18 year old Royal Brackla Single Malt Scotch whisky. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Campbeltown is a burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a region of western Scotland located at the south-western tip of the Argyll Peninsula. ... Springbank Distillery is one of the last surviving producers of Campbeltown Single Malts. ... History The Glengyle distillery was founded in 1872 by William Mitchell and completed in 1873. ... Vatted Malt is a whisky which is skillfully blended from a number of different single malt whiskies. ...
Campbeltown is still generally viewed as a separate region (distinct from either the Highlands, Lowlands, or the other whisky producing regions) despite its dearth of active distilleries. (Likewise the Lowlands have waned in this area as well, maitaining only a handful of active distilleries.) The unique geographical position of Cambeltown (situated among the Inner Hebrides, but still tenuously connected to the mainland) makes it difficult to reclassify. The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ...
Speyside Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in Speyside, the area around the Spey River in northeastern Scotland. ... Islay whisky is Scotch whisky made on Islay, the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands. ... Island Single Malts are Scotch whiskies produced on the islands west of the Scottish mainland, excluding Islay. ... Lowland Single Malts are single malt whiskies distilled in the lowlands of Scotland. ... Highland Single Malts Aberfeldy Single Malt Aberlour Single Malt Allt-a-Bhainne Single Malt Angus Dundee Single Malt Balbair Single Malt Ben Nevis Single Malt Benrinnes Single Malt Burberrys Single Malt Clynelish Single Malt The Dalmore Single Malt Dalwhinnie Single Malt Deanston Single Malt Deerstalker Single Malt Drumguish Single...
Lowland SingleMalts are singlemaltwhiskies distilled in the lowlands of Scotland.
Traditionally Lowland SingleMalts are triple distilled (though this has not been true of all of them), often giving them a lighter taste.
This likely played a role in the waning of the Lowland distilleries, as many singlemalt drinkers prefer somewhat heavier whiskies, while those who prefer lighter ones are often satisfied with the less expensive blends.
Singlemalt Scotch is a type of Scotch whisky, distilled by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient.
Malting is used because the barley has a high content of starch, which is insoluble in water and not available for fermentation by yeast; germinating kernels produce diastase, a family of enzymes that break the starch down into the sugar maltose.
Singlemalt Scotch is too delicate to be aged in new oak casks, as new oak would overpower the whisky with vanillin and make it overly astringent, so used casks are needed.
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