Glen Scotia

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Glen Scotia
Glen Scotia Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 23079.jpg
country Scotland
region Campbeltown
Geographical location 55 ° 25 '46.7 "  N , 5 ° 36' 15.8"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 25 '46.7 "  N , 5 ° 36' 15.8"  W.
Type Paint
status active
owner Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse
Founded 1832
founder Stewart, Galbraith & Co.
Water source Crosshills Hole
Washstill (s) 1 × 16,000 l
Spiritstill (s) 1 × 12,000 l
Production volume 750,000 l
Website www.glenscotia-distillery.co.uk

Glen Scotia is both the name of a Scottish whiskey distillery and their single malt whiskey. This is made in the locality and independent whiskey region of Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula , Scotland . Campbeltown used to have more than 30 distilleries, of which only the Springbank distillery remains - besides Glen Scotia . A third distillery, Glengyle , opened in late 2004. The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists.

Surname

The name Glen Scotia is pronounced "glen skuscha" and translated means "Valley of the Scots". Glen Scota is in County Kerry, Ireland. Named after the Queen of the Milesians who fell in the Battle of Sliabh Mis . Scota was buried in a valley above Tralee .

history

The distillery was founded in 1832 by Steward, Galbraith & Co. under the name Scotia Distillery . Since then it has had an eventful history and repeatedly had phases in which it did not produce for years. As with many other distilleries, business was very good until the end of the 19th century, so that another distillery, the Glen Nevis Distillery , had to be bought in order to meet the high demand. In 1919 the distillery was sold to West Highland Malt Distillers Ltd. (WHMD), which already owned other distilleries on the Kintyre Peninsula. A few years later the company went bankrupt and all of its distilleries - in addition to Glen Scotia, Glengyle, Dalintober , Kinloch and the Ardlussa Distillery - had to be closed. An attempt by former WHMD member Dancun MacCallun in 1924 to bring Glen Scotia back to life failed as early as 1928. Eight years later, Bloch Brothers Limited took over the business; they already owned the Scapa Distillery . A very successful period followed, until 1954 the distillery was sold to Hiram Walker, who became famous through the Canadian Club Whiskey . Just a year later it changed hands again and fell to A. Gillier & Co , which is owned by Amalgamated Distillers Products Ltd. 1970 was taken over. Between 1979 and 1982 the distillery was extensively renovated, but production was suspended in 1984. Production only resumed in 1989 when Gibson International acquired the distillery . This company also failed and had to file for bankruptcy in 1994 . The bottler Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse bought the bankruptcy estate, consisting of the distillery and the stored whiskey, but did not resume production until 2000. Glen Scotia has been part of the Loch Lomond Group since 2014, together with the Glen Catrine Bonded Warehouse and the Loch Lomond Distillery .

production

The Campbeltown distillery's water comes from Crosshills Loch. It has a mash tun and six fermentation vats (17,000 l each) made of COR-TEN steel , a wash still (16,000 l) and a spirit still (12,000 l).

Products

12 year old original bottling from Glen Scotia

Glen Scotia Aged 12 Years, 40 Vol .-%

This is currently the only distillery bottling from Glen Scotia and the successor to the 8-year-old bottling that was only released for a short time. The 14-year-old version (also with 40% vol.), Which has been released for a long time, is no longer bottled either.

Glen Scotia 12, new bottling with 46 vol%

New range, 46 vol%

At the end of 2012 / beginning of 2013, after a relaunch, a new range will be launched, which will be bottled at 46% by volume and not colored and chilled. The age groups are now 10, 12, 16, 18 and 21 years old, whereby it can be assumed that the 10 and 12 year old bottlings were produced after the distillery reopened in 2000, while the older bottlings from the time before the temporary closure Date 1994, so the current 16-year-old may actually be older.

See also

literature

  • Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskey. World Guide, Regions, Distillers, Malts, Blends, Tasting Notes. Dorling Kindersley, London et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
  • Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15868-0 .

Web links

Commons : Glen Scotia  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. foodbev.com