Lowlands vs Campbeltown
Scotland’s two smallest whisky regions, both once far larger. Different reasons for the decline, and different revivals.
Lowlands
Soft, light and triple-distilled
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The fallen capital, fiercely revived
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- Character
- Gentle barley country south of the Highland line, once the grain engine of the whisky world.One salt-sprayed town on the Kintyre peninsula, once thirty distilleries strong.
- Style
- Light, grassy and citrusy; the triple-distilled tradition makes Scotland's softest malts.Oily, briny and faintly funky — old-fashioned whisky the way the Victorians drank it.
- Distilleries
- 43
- Where to start
- Serve Lowland malts as you would a white wine moment — lightly cool, before dinner, to someone who says whisky is 'too strong'.Springbank allocations vanish instantly — Kilkerran 12 and Glen Scotia 15 deliver the town's character with far less chasing.
Every figure above is read from the Atlas entry for each, so this page stays in step with them.