Campbeltown was once a bustling port, home to many very wealthy traders as well as landowners. Its buildings are even now, impressive in an early Victorian manner. As the Clydebank shipping industry died after WWII, Campbeltown is a quiet town on the south end of Kintyre.
Campbeltown has a successful scotch distillery, a very old one, too. It is the oldest independent family owned distillery in Scotland. Founded in 1828 on the site of Archibald Mitchell's illicit still, the Springbank Distillery is now in the hands of his great great great grand son, Hedley G. Wright.
Owned by Mr Wright's J&A Mitchell & Co Ltd, Springbank is the only distillery in Scotland to carry out the full production process on the one site. 100% of the traditional floor malting, maturation and bottling is done at the distillery in Campbeltown.
It produces the most hand made whisky in Scotland, with traditional production methods being used throughout the process, and human involvement at each and every stage.
It is the only distillery in Scotland to have never chill-filtered, nor do they add any artificial colourings to any of their single malts. It is the only distillery in Scotland to produce three different single malts, Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn, using three different production methods.
Not very far south of Campbeltown lies the Mull of Kintyre. We did not go down there this trip, but I must share an interesting fact: "mull" derives from the Gaelic "maol", which means a 'rounded hill, bare of trees' OR a bare forehead, or shaved head. Which reminds me of MAELRUBHA, that Celtic Saint I wrote about in Knapdale People Site!
It is a beautiful place, though, and its harbour is filled with yachts, etc.
Campbeltown has a successful scotch distillery, a very old one, too. It is the oldest independent family owned distillery in Scotland. Founded in 1828 on the site of Archibald Mitchell's illicit still, the Springbank Distillery is now in the hands of his great great great grand son, Hedley G. Wright.
Owned by Mr Wright's J&A Mitchell & Co Ltd, Springbank is the only distillery in Scotland to carry out the full production process on the one site. 100% of the traditional floor malting, maturation and bottling is done at the distillery in Campbeltown.It produces the most hand made whisky in Scotland, with traditional production methods being used throughout the process, and human involvement at each and every stage.
It is the only distillery in Scotland to have never chill-filtered, nor do they add any artificial colourings to any of their single malts. It is the only distillery in Scotland to produce three different single malts, Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn, using three different production methods.
Not very far south of Campbeltown lies the Mull of Kintyre. We did not go down there this trip, but I must share an interesting fact: "mull" derives from the Gaelic "maol", which means a 'rounded hill, bare of trees' OR a bare forehead, or shaved head. Which reminds me of MAELRUBHA, that Celtic Saint I wrote about in Knapdale People Site!
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