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Glen Scotia
announces their programme of events for
Campbeltown Malts Festival 2023. The
annual festival in the 'Wee Toon' will
celebrate the distillery's heritage and
renaissance with a series of tastings,
tours, and entertainment.
Glen Scotia
Distillery in Campbeltown has announced
a jam-packed series of events for this
year’s Campbeltown Malts Festival which
takes place Tuesday 23rd -Wednesday 24th
May 2023.
A pinnacle moment in the distillery’s
annual calendar, the Festival provides
an opportunity for visitors to enjoy the
affectionately named ‘Wee Toon’ and
learn more about the world’s finest
drams while soaking up the history of
Scotland’s smallest whisky-making
region.
Master Distiller and Distillery Manager,
Iain McAlister, and his team will be
joined by a host of industry ambassadors
for a programme of events that uncover
the magic of Glen Scotia, which
continues to gain global recognition.
In a first for the Glen Scotia event,
visitors will be able to attend a
selection of talks and tasting in the
Courtyard free of charge, as well as
ticketed events. Should they wish to
enjoy a dram at the same time, they can
purchase a £25 ‘Drampack’ which will
give them access to four of the
distillery’s finest drams, handpicked
for each tasting, as well as a branded
festival Glencairn glass and a lanyard.
Kicking off events, Glen Scotia’s Malts
Festival Dinner will take place at the
Machrihanish Airbase on Tuesday (23rd)
evening where guests can hear from Iain
McAlister and special guests alongside a
three-course meal. This will be
accompanied by entertainment and five
drams including the yet unreleased
annual limited-edition Festival Release
and a number of single cask drams not
otherwise available for sale.
On Wednesday, 24th May, a taster of the
schedule includes:
- Industry guru, Charles Maclean
MBE will join Iain McAlister for a
special Dunnage Warehouse Tasting,
where visitors will get the chance
to sample five unreleased liquids
handpicked by Iain from casks in the
heart of the distillery.
- Loch Lomond Group’s Master
Blender, Michael Henry will guide a
Deconstructed Victoriana Tasting
using five cask-strength drams to
show the makeup of Victoriana, one
of Glen Scotia’s signature drams.
- Drinks experts Neil Ridley and
Joel Harrison will take inspiration
from their latest book in a series
of 60-second cocktails
masterclasses, using a selection of
spirits including whisky and gin.
They will also host a Cask Strength
Tasting in the Courtyard with Iain,
Charles and Michael, where visitors
can listen and join along as the
group make their way through a
selection of Glen Scotia’s core
range, limited release, and single
cask samples.
- Felipe Schrieberg, spirits
writer and musician, and Paul
Archibald, drummer, will bring a
bespoke Glen Scotia version of their
much-loved Rhythm and Booze Project,
which incorporates folk and blues
music with dram tastings.
- Glen Scotia will unveil the
results of its latest artistic
collaboration through an immersive
exhibition space deep inside its
atmospheric warehouse. Guests will
have the opportunity to hear
directly from the artists themselves
as well as sample liquid used during
the recording
The event will
also bring together some of Argyll’s
most prominent whisky figureheads for
‘New Dawn for Campbeltown’ – a panel
talk in the Courtyard, hosted by Neil
Ridley and Joel Harrison with Iain
McAlister and guests.
The session will explore the remarkable
history of the region, from a bustling
whisky hub in the Victorian era to
Scotland’s smallest whisky-making
region, looking at the re-emergence of
the town’s distilleries, and why the
world is taking notice once again, with
a chance to sample Glen Scotia’s
signature drams.
This year the programme will be bigger
than ever before as Glen Scotia has also
teamed up with the Mull of Kintyre Music
Festival, to organise a series of
one-off performances, talks and tastings
on two new purpose-built stages in the
distillery’s Courtyard. Acts will
include local Argyll band Heron Valley
and Salthouse vocalist and guitarist
Jenny Sturgeon.
Launched in 2008, the Campbeltown Malts
Festival is a celebration of the region
known as the ‘Victorian Whisky Capital
of the World’ due to its illustrious
past and the role whisky-making has
played in the town for centuries.
Glen Scotia’s full programme of events
and tickets are available via its
website: https://www.glenscotia.com/
Iain McAlister, Master Distiller and
Distillery Manager at Glen Scotia, said:
"Once again, The Campbeltown Malts
Festival returns to the Wee Toon and we
couldn’t be more thrilled with the
fantastic line-up of events, which will
highlight what makes the town and our
distillery such a remarkable place in
the world.
"There will be a real focus on exploring
our award-winning drams, and I’m really
looking forward to the variety of
sessions on offer for our visitors who
come from all around the world.
"We’ve managed to secure some top names
from the industry, from our good friend
and whisky icon, Charles Maclean, Felipe
and the amazing Rhythm and Booze
project, and Neil and Joel who will host
a varied selection of talks and
tastings.
"Alongside tours of the town and
distillery, the event, bigger and better
than ever before, is a real chance for
us to share what makes Glen Scotia such
a special place."
Today, Glen Scotia is one of only three
surviving distilleries in the coastal
town but through a programme of
continued investment and local effort,
it is growing its presence in the UK and
international markets, allowing the
potential of Campbeltown to once again
be realised.
For further information about Glen
Scotia and regular updates on the
Campbeltown Malts Festival, visit
www.glenscotia.com
You will also find the current Glen
Scotia whisky range
available from specialist online
whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of
Malt
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