Kilkerran 16 Year Old, 700ml

The sister distillery to Springbank, Kilkerran was founded by William Mitchell in 1872, Originally named Glengyle, the distillery faced challenges during the early 20th century economic downturn, leading to closure in 1925.

There were multiple atemps to reopen it when finally in early 2000’s, Mitchell's Glengyle Limited, led by Hedley Wright, revived the distillery and named it after the Gaelic name of Campbeltown region.

Kilkerran 16 Years Old is the oldest whisky released by the distillery so far, and matured in a combination of 98% ex-bourbon casks and 2% Madeira casks.

Nose: Garden herbs, citrus, vanilla cream, lemon meringue, brine.

Palate: Honeyed cereals, malt, dry peat smoke, herbs, pepper, aniseed.

Finish: Sea salt, ashy smoke.