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What Makes Springbank Single Malt Collectible?

This free-thinking Campbeltown distillery has built a reputation for outstanding quality among whisky collectors and fans, with its output from the 1980s and 1990s and independent bottlings from Cadenhead’s playing a particularly important role in bringing Springbank to the world’s attention.

Springbank was always destined to be special. Situated in the one-of-a-kind coastal region of Campbeltown, where its whiskies are influenced by the unique terroir, this distillery has always employed a very traditional, hands-on production philosophy and handles every step of the whisky-making process itself – something not found in any other Scottish distillery.

For these reasons, although it is still under the radar as far as the general public is concerned, this family-owned distillery is close to any true whisky-lover’s heart.

In terms of the whisky’s taste, the multi-layered flavour of Springbank makes it unique and collectable, offering a good dose of earthy smoke, bags of juicy fruit and a salty seaside tang. The flavour is allowed to shine through because the distillery’s whiskies are usually bottled at 46%, a strength that is higher than most standard Scotch whiskies. The rarest and most sought-after Springbank bottles, furthermore, are those bottled at the still higher strength of 50% or 57%, like a version of the 21-year-old Springbank bottled in the 1980s at 100 proof (57%), or the legendary Springbank 12 Year Old Sherry Wood bottled at 57.1%, an exclusive limited edition of 2,400 bottled imported by Samaroli.