Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 13 (08-09-2025) Bourbon & Sherry Casks 25/179 58.6 "OB"

Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 13 [Distillery Bottling] Matured in 90% Bourbon & 10% Ex-Sherry Casks - Bottled 08/09/2025 - Bottle Code 25/176 - 58.6% abv.

William Mitchell built his own distillery in Campbeltown in 1872 after a dispute with his brother. The distillery was named Glengyle. He already had experience as a whisky distiller through his partnership with his brother John as co-owners of the Springbank Distillery. In 1919 he sold the distillery to Highland Distillers Ltd., who, due to the deteriorating economy, closed the distillery, and on 8 April 1925 the remaining stocks were sold off.

In 1940 the existing buildings were rented to the Campbeltown Miniature Rifle Club, which installed a shooting range there. The name Kilkerran comes from the Celtic “Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain,” meaning the place where the monks of Saint Kieran—originally from Ireland—first settled in Campbeltown.

In 1957 Campell Henderson Ltd. made an attempt to reopen the distillery, but this unfortunately failed. In 1979 the distillery was dismantled, and the building became the sales office of the Kintyre Farmers Co. One of the warehouses was even converted into a garage.

Seventy-five years after the last production of spirit at the Glengyle Distillery, the new Mitchell’s Glengyle Limited was founded in November 2000 by Mr. Hedley Wright. The intention was to launch a completely renewed Glengyle Distillery. Hedley Wright is the great-grandson of William Mitchell, the founder of the Glengyle Distillery, and also the director of J&A Mitchell & Co. Ltd., the owners of the Springbank Distillery.

Renovation and refurbishment of the distillery began in February 2001. Stills in excellent condition were purchased from Ben Wyvis. In May 2003 the technical installations were fitted. In January 2004 the larch washbacks (each with a capacity of 30,000 litres) were installed, and the millroom was restored as well. In May 2004 the first new-make spirit was filled into casks.

As of January 2013 all Glengyle operations have been legally separated from Springbank and placed under the newly established company Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd.