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Glengyle Distillery | |
General |
Pronunciation | |
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Region | Campbeltown |
Distiller | Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd. |
Owner | Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd. |
Address | 85 Longrow Campbeltown Argyll PA28 6EX Scotland |
Telephone | +44 (0)1586 - 55 20 09 |
LatLong | 55° 25’ 38.7” N 05° 36’ 40.2” W |
Altitude | 8 m |
Grid Reference | NR716207 |
Website | www.kilkerran.com |
info@kilkerran.com | |
Open to public | Open to public by appointment only |
Remarks | Situated next to Glebe Street on a street now (2005) called Glengyle Street |
History |
1873 |
Founded by William Mitchell & Co. |
1919 |
Acquired from William Mitchell & Co. by West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd. (see Ardlussa) |
c.1925 |
Distillery closed by West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd., planned to never re-open |
1925-Apr-08 |
The entire 22,500 gallon spirit stock in the Glengyle and Dalaruan warehouses was auctioned |
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The premises were bought by Robert Armour & Sons |
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Some time later the buildings were rented to the Campbeltown Miniature Rifle Club |
1941 |
The site was bought by the Bloch Brothers who also owned Glen Scotia Distillery. They planned to rebuild and extend Glengyle (and even discussed building a grain distillery on the site) but WWII intervented. The site was eventually sold to the Kintyre Farmers |
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Campbell Henderson wanted to undertake a £250,000 modernisation of Glengyle and then reopen it, but this never happened |
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Glengyle was eventually turned into a depot and sales office for an agricutural company |
200. |
Stills from Ben Wyvis Distillery moved in |
2000-Nov |
The remaining distillery buildings were bought by J.&A. Mitchell |
2004-Mar |
Distilling started up again |
Technical Specifications |
General | Water Source | Cross Hill Loch |
Annual Output | ||
Finished Spirit (phenols) | ||
Blending Roles | ||
Malt | Malt Source | |
Malt Type | ||
Malt Specification (phenols) | ||
Own Malting Floor | ||
Malt Storage | ||
Mill | ||
Grist Storage | ||
Mashing | Mash Tun | |
Mash Size | ||
First Water | ||
Second Water | ||
Third Water | ||
Fourth Water | ||
Fermentation | Washbacks | 4 made of Larch |
Washback Charge | ||
Yeast | ||
Amount of Yeast | ||
Length of Fermentation | ||
Initial Fermentation Temp. | ||
Strength of Wash | ||
Distillation | Wash Stills | 1 |
Wash Still Built | ||
Wash Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | ||
Wash Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Low Wines Run | ||
Low Wines Collection Range | ||
Spirit Stills | 1 |
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Spirit Still Built | ||
Spirit Still Charge | ||
Strength of Spirit Still Charge | ||
Heat Source | ||
Spirit Still Height | ||
Lyne Arm | ||
Coolers | ||
Foreshot Run | ||
Spirit Run | ||
Feints Run | ||
Spirit Cut | ||
Distilling Strength | ||
Storage | Storage Strength | |
Average Spirit Yield | ||
Disposal of Pot Ale/Spent Lees | ||
Type of Casks | fino sherry, oloroso sherry, port, rum, bourbon, madeira | |
Warehouses | ||
Vatting and Bottling Location |