Whisky Distilleries

[Kintyre Lad]

The Whisky Industry in Campbeltown has always intrigued me - mainly due to the number of distilleries there were in the town.

However, I haven't read too much on it - does anyone have any knowledge to share? Photos etc?

[Malky]

Russell has been adding one or two photos to the Historic Kintyre website. Have a look.

http://www.campbeltownloch.com

Malky

[Kintyre Lad]

Russell has been adding one or two photos to the Historic Kintyre website. Have a look.

http://www.campbeltownloch.com

Malky

Thanks Malky - site is excellent!

[Bruce]

The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom by Alfred Barnard is available on ScotSites eBooks. This includes what Barnard wrote about 21 distilleries that were operating in Campbeltown at the time of his visit. The actual distilleries are (in order visited) Hazelburn*; Springbank; Dalintober*; Benmore; Ardlussa; Dalaruan; Lochead; Glen Nevis*; Kinloch; Burnside; Glengyle; Lochruan*; Albyn; Scotia; Rieclachan; Glenside*; Longrow; Kintyre; Campbeltown; Argyll; Springside. * include pictures.

[SBpete]

Alfred Barnards book paints a great picture of the distilleries of Scotland at that time. I can also recommend The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and fall of the whisky capital of the World by David Stirk. David worked for Cadenheads for a while and researched his book while living here, much of the info came from a collection of diaries written by a member of the Colville Family.
The whisky shop in Bolgram Street sells a little booklet called the Springbank Story. Most of this was written by Hedley Wright, a descendent of the Mitchell Family and the owner of Springbank and Glengyle distilleries

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Was looking for something Bill posted and accidentally stumbled on this site of Lost Distilleries. A few of those from campbeltown are included, so thought this might interest you, Kintyre Lad.

http://www.buxrud.se/lost.htm

Interesting site you posted, Bruce.

[Bruce]

The eBooks section of that site is certainly interesting... there's certainly a lot of reading in there (if not that much about Campbeltown or Kintyre specifically!)

[chattichatton]

got my dad Scotch Missed. Lost Distilleries of Scotland by Brian Townsend. It has a full chapter on Campbeltown and gives a fab discription of the distilleries, who owned them and where they were. My dad thinks it a great book, feel free to ask him

[What?]

Russell has been adding one or two photos to the Historic Kintyre website. Have a look.

http://www.campbeltownloch.com

Malky

I wasn't aware of that site. It looks really good!

[jdcarra]

The Whisky Industry in Campbeltown has always intrigued me - mainly due to the number of distilleries there were in the town.

However, I haven't read too much on it - does anyone have any knowledge to share? Photos etc?

Springbank Distillery

Nothing old, just Springbank as it is today.





Bond 15, one of the sheds were the barrels are stored to mature.



The bottling plant of our famous whisky.

[Jonathan]

I may have some pics of Springbank from the late 80s - shows the work that was required to get the distillery back into production. My favourite job was remove the remains of cats & rats from the malt screws O_O (not)

[SBpete]

We got a new map of Campbeltown showing that there were 37 licensed distilleries in Campbeltown. A few of them would have moved location i.e Argyll moved in 1844 from Burnside St to Millknowe Rd, next door to Hazelburn distillery.
There are also 3, Ballegreggan, Campbeltown (1798 - 1852) and Drumore (???? - 1847) that the researcher is not sure of their exact location.

The distilleries were/are

1 - Albyn (1830 - 1927)
2 - Ardlussa (1879 - 1923)
3 - McKinnon's Argyll (1827 - 1844)
4 - Argyll (1844 - 1923)
5 - Ballegreggan (1790 - 97)
6 - Benmore (1868 - 1927)
7 - Broombrae (1833-34)
8 - Burnside (1825 - 1924)
9 - Caledonian (1823 - 1851)
10 - Campbeltown (1815 - 1924)
11 - Campbeltown (1798 - 1852)
12 - Dalaruan (1824 - 1922)
13 - Dalintober (1832 - 1925)
14 - Drumore (1834 - 1837)
15 - Drumore (???? - 1847)
16 - Glengyle ( 1872 - 1925) (2004 - still working)
17 - Glen Nevis (1877 - 1923)
18 - Glenramskill (1828 - 1852)
19 - Glen Scotia (1832 - still working)
20 - Glenside (1830 - 1926)
21 - Hazelburn (1825 - 1925)
22 - Highland (1827 - 1852)
23 - Kinloch (1823 - 1926)
24 - Kintyre (1825 - 1887)
25 - Lochhead (1824 - 1928)
26 - Lochruan (1835 - 1925)
27 - Lochside (1830 - 1852)
28 - Longrow (1824 - 1896)
29 - Meadowburn (1824 - 1886)
30 - Mossfield (1834 - 1837)
31 - Mountain Dew/Thistle (1834 - 1837)
32 - Rieclachan (1825 - 1934)
33 - Springbank (1828 - still working)
34 - Springside (1830 - 1926)
35 - Toberanrigh (1834 - 1860)
36 - Union (1826 - 1850)
37 - West Highland (1830 - 1860)

[EMDEE]

"The Distilleries of Campbeltown"-The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World, by David Stirk (2005) would probably be of interest.