The Lowlands region in Scotland is located South of Greenock on the West coast and Dundee on the East coast and directly South of the Highlands region.

Lowland whiskies tend to have quite a bit of sweetness and lots of fruit characters with a dry finish.  They are generally un-peated which combines with the dry finish and the fact that they are a reasonably easy drinking whisky to produce an excellent aperitif.

The Lowlands have just three operating distilleries that produce single malt.  They are Auchentoshan, Bladnoch and Glenkinchie.  Glenkinchie is probably the most well known and is considered a typical example [read more...]

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The Campbeltown region of Scotland is located on the South West coast.  It has only three operating distilleries  - namely Springbank, Mitchells Glengyle and Glen Scotia - not a lot compared to its heyday when there were close to thirty operating.  It is the rich history of Campbeltown that allows it to hold onto its place as one of Scotland’s famed whisky regions.

Of the three distilleries in Campbeltown, the Springbank distillery is the largest and produces three single malts under the names Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn.  Each of these malts are made with different production methods that produce different styles [read more...]

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