A guide to the Scotch whisky regions: Campbeltown

Anyone who knows their Scotch whisky will be aware that the category is divided into distinct, legally-defined regions. Speyside, Islay, Highland (which the Islands are technically a part of), Lowland, and Campbeltown. 

Campbeltown is a town located on the Kintyre Peninsula in the west of Scotland. It’s not an island, which people sometimes get confused. It’s also the smallest malt whisky designation. It’s home to just three distilleries. The most famous of these is Springbank, which produces three uniquely different Scotch single malts: Longrow (peated and double distilled whisky), Hazelburn (unpeated and triple distilled) and its eponymous releases (medium-peated and two-and-a-half-times distilled). 

There’s also Glen Scotia and the relative newcomer on the scene, Glengyle which releases whisky under the Kilkerran brand.