Distillery
Hazelburn
Hazelburn carries the name of a once-mighty Campbeltown distillery in Scotland that ran from the early 1800s until 1925. In its prime it was the largest in the town, with the writer Alfred Barnard noting its huge output when he visited in 1885. The name vanished when the original works closed. It was revived at Springbank, the last of the old Campbeltown distilleries still working. Springbank set aside a small share of its time to make this spirit, first running it in 1997. The first bottling appeared in 2005 as an eight-year-old. What sets Hazelburn apart is how it is made. The spirit is triple distilled and left completely unpeated, unusual in a region known for smoke. That extra distillation gives a lighter, creamier and softer style than its smokier Springbank stablemates.
