VICTORIAN WHISKY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Founded in 1832 as Scotia, our distillery survived a decline in the industry in the early part of the 20th century, although it was silent between 1928 and 1933 when it was acquired by Block Brothers.

The ‘Glen’ was added to the name in 1939, and the distillery was bought by the Canadian spirits giant, Hiram Walker, in 1954. Glen Scotia changed hands again several times before it was bought by Loch Lomond Distillery Company in 1996.

The Mull of Kintyre peninsula is known, of course, for ‘mist rolling in from the sea’, and Campbeltown whiskies are characterised by a distinctive, salty tang.

Glen Scotia had been producing Single Malt in the time-honoured manner and is a fine example of this historic style. Your first dram is likely to be a singular pleasure and remain long in the memory.

Since its purchase by the Loch Lomond Group, Glen Scotia Distillery has had investment to increase production, warehousing, and also the creation of a stunning new shop and tasting room.

The result of this investment means the distillery’s dunnage warehouse can now be used to mature more of our precious liquid on-site to ensure the Campbeltown climate has as much influence on the maturing malt as possible.

As one of only three distilleries in the Campbeltown region, it’s important to offer a unique welcome to visitors to the area.

Our visitors’ shop is styled to look like an old Victorian shop and harks back to when Campbeltown was the “Victorian Whisky Capital of the World”.

By offering daily tours and tastings, we can engage more proactively with visitors, showing them around the newly refurbished site and offering a sample of our new range back in the shop.

Nearly 200 years of history, expertise, craft and whisky-making knowledge have combined to create one of the most admired Single Malts in the world.