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'''Hazelburn distillery''' was [[Campbeltown single malts|Campbeltown single malt]] [[Scotch whisky]] [[Distillation|distillery]] in [[Campbeltown]], [[Scotland]], which was in operation between approximately 1825 and 1925.

== History ==
Founded in 1825 by the Reid family and originally known as Rieclachan distillery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazelburn |url=https://vintagewineandspirits.com/collections/hazelburn |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Vintage Wine & Spirits |language=en}}</ref> By 1871 was owned by the Greenlees brothers of Lorne Highland Whisky who also owned Dalaruan and Lagavulin but by 1881 this had become the firm of Greenlees and Colvill.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Freemason for Seventy-Three Years | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000775/18920702/023/0002 |newspaper=St Andrew's Citizen |location=Scotland  |date=2 July 1892 |access-date=2 August 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> Also in 1881 Captain Samuel Greenlees bought out the partnership of Daniel Greenlees and also acquired the Moy estate.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sale of an Estate | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18810702/343/0006 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Scotland  |date=2 July 1881 |access-date=2 August 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

In 1886, it had 22 employees and produced 192,000 gallons of whisky per year, making it the largest distillery in the town. On 9 September 1893 [[Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] and family were on the [[HMY Victoria and Albert (1855)|Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert]] which arrived in Campbeltown Loch. They were given a tour of the distillery by Samuel Greenlees of Greenlees and Colvill Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Royal Visit to a Distillery | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000032/19021022/166/0005 |newspaper=Westminster Gazette |location=England |date=11 September 1893 |access-date=2 August 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

In 1921 Greenlees & Colvill Ltd went into liquidation and the distillery was offered for sale.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Greenlees & Colvill, Limited | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19211025/031/0001 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Scotland  |date=25 October 1921 |access-date=29 August 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> It was bought by Mitchell & Co., but shut down in 1925 and demolished in 1926. Mitchell & Co. owned two other distilleries, including [[Springbank Distillery]].

Since 2005 Springbank Distillery bottles a whisky called Hazelburn Single Malt.

== See also ==
* [[List of historic whisky distilleries]]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060101132322/http://www.peatfreak.com/alfred-barnard-hazelburn.php Detailed information from peatfreak.com]
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{{Scottish Distilleries}}
[[Category:Distilleries in Scotland]]
[[Category:Scottish malt whisky]]
[[Category:1825 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:1926 disestablishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies disestablished in 1926]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1825]]
[[Category:Campbeltown]]
[[Category:British companies established in 1825]]
[[Category:British companies disestablished in 1926]]