Kilkerran
The brand in brief
Kilkerran is the single malt from the Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown — the region's third and youngest working distillery, revived in 2004 by the Mitchell family (owners of Springbank). The whisky cannot be sold as "Glengyle" (the name is held elsewhere), so it is bottled as Kilkerran — from an old name for the Campbeltown settlement (Gaelic Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain).
Production is small-scale and hands-on, in the Springbank spirit. The core is Kilkerran 12 YO plus a Heavily Peated series and cask-strength releases — one brand across batches.
Timeline
- 2004 The Mitchell family (Springbank) revives the Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown.
- 2016 Kilkerran 12 YO debuts as the permanent core bottling.