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Glen Scotia Distillery

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Glen Scotia Distillery — Photo: Derek Tootill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph · Report the wrong picture

Explorer Tom

Campbeltown once had so many distilleries that a lost whisky maker could probably find another still by following his nose; Glen Scotia is one of the survivors on High Street. It has been making its case since the 1830s, with old working spaces and a maritime town outside the door that refuses to be merely a backdrop. The distillery says much of its original layout survives, including the stillroom and dunnage warehouse. Campbeltown's whisky trade grew with the harbour and the Kintyre peninsula's supplies of water, barley, fuel and peat. I picture the old casks holding committee meetings after dark, but the guides are interested in the real work of mashing, fermentation, distillation and maturation. Glen Scotia offers booked tours of its working site and more specialised warehouse tastings. Its visitor centre and shop give you a way into the story without pretending that production areas are freely open. Tour choices and times vary, so choose a place before travelling rather than appearing at the stillroom door with your most hopeful grin. You will find it at 12 High Street, Campbeltown, among a town that still bears traces of its old whisky capital days. Leave time to walk the harbour streets after your visit; the same coastal air that reaches the warehouses is a better souvenir than any tale I could bottle, however hard I tried, with a funnel and several unlikely witnesses.

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Glen Scotia Distillery — Glen Scotia Distillery · Photo: Leo · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph

Glen Scotia Distillery, Campbeltown — Glen Scotia Distillery, Campbeltown · Photo: Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph

This is a photo of listed building number — This is a photo of listed building number · Photo: Lirazelf · CC BY-SA 4.0

Holding Tanks at Glen Scotia Distillery — Holding Tanks at Glen Scotia Distillery · Photo: Steve Partridge · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph

Glen Scotia Distillery — Glen Scotia Distillery · Photo: Abbieclements · CC BY-SA 4.0

Glen Scotia Distillery Pot Still — Glen Scotia Distillery Pot Still · Photo: Abbieclements · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Map note: The map marks Glen Scotia Distillery as a heritage attraction near Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It made the map, and that is an invitation to be curious.

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Leslie Barrie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mary and Angus Hogg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Stephen Sweeney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Leo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rose and Trev Clough, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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