Kilkerran

Kilkerran

(kil-KERR-an) Kilkerran is produced at Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown, a historic site founded by William Mitchell in 1872 after he left Springbank to establish his own distillery. Glengyle closed in 1925, remained silent for decades, and was bought by Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd in 2000 before returning to production in 2004 after a four-year rebuild.

(kil-KERR-an) Kilkerran is produced at Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown, a historic site founded by William Mitchell in 1872 after he left Springbank to establish his own distillery. Glengyle closed in 1925, remained silent for decades, and was bought by Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd in 2000 before returning to production in 2004 after a four-year rebuild.

About Kilkerran

(kil-KERR-an) Kilkerran is produced at Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown, a historic site founded by William Mitchell in 1872 after he left Springbank to establish his own distillery. Glengyle closed in 1925, remained silent for decades, and was bought by Mitchell’s Glengyle Ltd in 2000 before returning to production in 2004 after a four-year rebuild.

The whisky takes the name Kilkerran because the Glengyle name was already trademarked elsewhere, with “Kilkerran” drawn from Campbeltown’s original place name, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain.

That history gives Kilkerran a strong place in Campbeltown’s revival, but the whisky itself is just as distinctive. Production runs for only around three months each year, and the distillery splits that time between lightly peated double-distilled spirit, heavily peated runs, plus smaller amounts of unpeated and triple-distilled spirit. The range now includes core bottlings such as the 12 Year Old and 16 Year Old alongside limited releases including Heavily Peated and cask strength editions, giving Kilkerran a style that feels traditional, varied and closely tied to the character of modern Campbeltown whisky.

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