Glen Scotia Scotch Whisky

Glen Scotia Whisky Distillery Information

Founded in 1832 by Stewart Galbraith

Location Cambeltown

Water Source from wells below the distillery

Glen Scotia Whisky Distilling Equipment

Stainless steel mash tun

6 Stainless steel washbacks

2 swan necked pot stills

Matured in American bourbon oak and European sherry casks

Glen Scotia Whisky Distillery History

Founded in 1832 by Stewart Galbraith under the name of Scotia Distillery Glen Scotia as it now known, is one of the last two surviving Campbeltown distilleries

In 1919 West Highland Malt Distilleries Ltd purchased the distillery

The distillery is reported to be haunted by a previous owner; Duncan MacCallum who bought the distillery in 1924.evidently he committed suicide by drowning himself in Campbeltown Loch in 1930 after discovering swindlers had tricked him out of a large sum of money.

1954 saw the distillery acquired by Hiram Walker who in 1955 sold it on to A. Gillies & Co which became part of Amalgamated Distilled Products Ltd in 1970

Between 1979 and 1982. £1million was spent upgrading the distillery however it was closed in 1984 It was reopened by Gibson International in 1989 however they then went into receivership later that year.

The distillery was acquired from receivership in 1994 by Glen Catrine and mothballed until 1996 when some distillation restarted.

Glen Scotia is now owned by the Loch Lomond Distillery Company through its subsidiary company Glen Catrine.

Glen Scotia Distillery Bottlings

Glen Scotia 12 Year Old

Glen Scotia Old Distillery Bottlings.

Glen Scotia 14 Year Old

Glen Scotia 17 Year Old

Glen Scotia 1973 (26 Years Old)

Glen Scotia Single Casks

Glen Scotia Whisky Independent Bottlings

Cadenhead’s

Chieftain’s (Ian Macleod),

MacPhails Collection

Mission Range (Murray McDavid)

Murray McDavid

Signatory

SMWS

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