Springbank is perched on the edge of Campbeltown Loch towards the bottom of the Mull of Kintyre in the West of Scotland, about three hours drive southwest from Glasgow. At one time the heart of the whisky industry, Campbeltown, a small town of around 5000 souls boasted an incredible thirty-four legal working distilleries and proclaimed itself t ... Read More »
A special single cask edition of 1996 Springbank bottled at full strength for British wine merchants Oddbins. A hugely characterful dram showing stewed fruit and some beefy, meaty notes. The fact that 588 bottles were yielded from the cask suggests this was likely to have been a sherry butt.
Matured for eight of its sixteen years in a refill bourbon cask, before being transferred into fresh rum barrels for the second half of its maturation.
A special bottling of Springbank whisky for the Springbank Society. This single cask whisky was matured in a Ex-Bourbon hogshead and bottled in March 2007 at 14 years old. Limited to just 265 bottles, this is a real collectors piece.
A special bottling of 1990 vintage Springbank, selected for the Springbank Society. This whisky has been matured in a refill Port Hogshead for a full 17 years and was bottled at cask strength.
An interesting bottling by Springbank, specially for the Springbank Society. This 1995 vintage whisky has been matured in a "Fresh Sherry Pipe" for 14 years and was bottled in 2010.
A special bottling for the Springbank Society, this 1999 Vintage whisky is made from locally grown barley. This has been matured for 11 years in a recharred sherry butt.
Cask strength young Springbank from a fresh sherry cask is always a wondrous thing. This is an old bottling from a few years ago and should be delightful.
A special whisky commissioned by Gordon Wright and the Soil Association and produced by Springbank. This is the first completely organic single malt whisky produced. Bottled specially for the Millennium and named Dà Mhìle, which is Gaelic for 2000.
A 20 year old whisky from Springbank, bottled by Douglas Laing as part of their Platinum Selection series of top quality whiskies. This one was distilled in 1991 and sat in a refill hoghsead before bottling in late 2011.
The first organic single malt scotch whisky, made to celebrate the Millennium. Named 'Da Mhile', meaning 2000 in Gaelic, this fantastic whisky is a limited release of just 1000 bottles.
An 8 year old Blended Malt Whisky from Springbank, rather than their usual Single Malt, bottled back in the 1980s and with light and clean styled label that they used to use back then.
A bottling of 15 year old Sprinbank released by the distillery, probably around the early 1990s. This simply-packaged classic is increasingly difficult to find.