Hazelburn

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Hazelburn
country Scotland
region Campbeltown
Geographical location 55 ° 25 '41.6 "  N , 5 ° 36' 35.3"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 25 '41.6 "  N , 5 ° 36' 35.3"  W.
Type Paint
status Closed in 1925
owner
Founded 1796
founder Matthew and Daniel Greenlees, Archie Colville
Washstill (s) 1 × 7000 gallons (1885)
Spiritstill (s) 2 × 1800 gallons (1885)
Production volume 192,000 gallons (1885)

Hazelburn was a whiskey distillery in Campbeltown , Argyll and Bute , Scotland . The distillery buildings are classified in category B in the Scottish monument lists. The Hazelburn distillery closed in 1925; however, the name is used again today for a product of the Springbank distillery.

history

The distillery had probably been burning black whiskey since 1796 before it was licensed in 1825 by original partners Matthew and David Greenlees and Archie Colville . This makes Hazelburn the oldest distillery in Campbeltown, although it was only licensed after Campbeltown , Caledonian, Dalaruan , Kinloch , Lochhead , Longrow and Meadowburn . The original buildings were on the south end of the Longrow . Probably in the 1840s, however, a new plant was built on Millknowe Road opposite the confluence with Glengyle Road in order to allow necessary extensions to meet the increased demand.

For a long time Hazelburn was the largest distillery in town. After the distillery had always been at least partially owned by the Greenlees family since it was founded, it was sold to Mackie Co. in 1920 , which a few years later became White Horse Distillers Ltd. were renamed and finally in 1927 in the Distillers Company Limited ( DCL ). In the mid-1920s, it shared the fate of most of Campbeltown's distilleries and was closed during the general crisis in the whiskey market. Allegedly it was only operated sporadically in the years before. The buildings of the former distillery were used as warehouses for many years and are still partially preserved today.

When Alfred Barnard visited the distillery as part of his whiskey tour in 1885, it had an annual production capacity of 250,000  gallons , making it the largest distillery in town. In 1885, 192,000 gallons of whiskey were produced. To this end, stood a 7,000 gallons comprehensive coarse blister ( wash still ), which was the largest Campbeltowns at this time, and two 1,800 gallons comprehensive Feinbrand bubbles ( spirit stills ) are available. A malt whiskey was produced.

Hazelburn (Springbank)

The Springbank distillery has been selling a single malt whiskey called Hazelburn since 2005 . This is made from unpeated malt and triple distilled, resulting in a rather mild whiskey. Initially, only an eight-year-old whiskey was added to the range, which has now been expanded to include a twelve-year-old original bottling. In addition, there is now a 13-year-old Hazelburn that has matured in Oloroso Sherry casks. Hazelburn stands as a brand alongside other products from the same company, namely Springbank and Longrow .

literature

  • Alfred Barnard: The Whiskey Distilleries in the United Kingdom . Rasch Edition, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-934005-84-5 (repr. Of the London 1887 edition)
    • German: The whiskey distilleries of the United Kingdom (Edition Octopus). Monsenstein & Vannerdat, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-86991-497-8 .
  • David Daiches : Scotch whiskey. Its past and present . Macmillan, New York 1970 (EA London 1969)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alfred Barnard: The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 55-60.
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b c Presentation on lostdistillery.com
  4. ↑ a b Presentation on wormtub.com
  5. ^ David Stirk: Distilleries of Campbeltown. The Rise and Fall of the Whiskey Capital of the World. Angels' Share, Glasgow 2005, ISBN 1-903238-84-6 .

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