Contribute(d) to the following blends: Glen Extra. Note: Does not contribute to the Campbeltown Loch blend.
Regular Bottling:
Hazelburn 8 YO, 46%
Longrow 10 YO, 46%
Longrow 10 YO, 100 Proof
Longrow 14 YO, 46%
Springbank 10 YO, 46%
Springbak 10 YO, 100 Proof (discontinued in 2010 and replaced by a 12 YO).
Springbank 15 YO, 46%
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| Some official Springbank bottlings (from left to right): Springbank 12 YO decanter, Springbank 15 YO (<2007), Springbank 1997 Vintage, and Hazelburn 8 YO for the Springbank Society. |
Springbank is releasing on an annual basis a limited edition of Springbank or Longrow in their "wood expression" range (e.g, Rum, Tokaij, or Marsala finish). Over time, Springbank distillery has released several limited editions, such as the Springbank 1997 Vintage or the Springbank 175th anniversary (about 11,000 bottles of both), but they are also producing more limited editions, such as the Springbank 25 YO, Springbank 32 YO, or Springbank 25 YO Frank McHardy. In addition, since 2004, they are releasing single cask bottlings for the members of the Springbank Society.
Of note, Springbank is the only distillery where the entire process is conducted on site from floor malting to bottling. Several distilleries, such as Balvenie, have floor malting operations, but all the malted barley used at Springbank is 100% produced on site.
Springbank distillery is producing three different types of single malt whiskies: Springbank, a medium peated whisky produced using a partial triple-distillation, sometimes named as 2.5 distillation, Longrow, a heavily peated whisky double-distilled, and Hazelburn since 1997, a lightly peated and triple-distilled whisky. Longrow was first produced in 1973-4, then for a short period in 1987 and finally since 1989, it is produced every year. The distillery is still owned by the original family.
History of Springbank Distillery
The Reid family, in-laws of the Mitchells, established Springbank distillery in 1828 on the previous illicit site of Archibald Mitchell, although no reference in Excise returned. Until 1837, the distillery was registered under the name of William Reed Jun. & Co, who sold it to John & William Mitchell. The distillery operated between 1852-60 under the name J.W. Mitchell & Co, before it was changed in 1867 to J. & W. Mitchell & Co. In 1878, the name was recorded under J. A. Mitchell (John Mitchell and his son Alexander), when William left. In 1881, the distillery became a limited company as J. A. Mitchell & Co until 1891, when it got dissolved and reconstructed as Alexander Mitchell. It was then incorporated as J. & A. Mitchell & Co in 1897, who are still the owners. The distillery was closed during the WWI and WWII, in 1926-35, in 1980 and most of the time between 1981 to 1989. In 1992, Springbank decided to restore the floor malting. Springbank acquired most of the buildings of the adjacent Longrow distillery, with one Longrow warehouse used as a warehouse and a second warehouse used as a bottling plant. The Springbank cark park is the proper location of the Longrow distillery. In 2008, the distillery was closed for a short time in order to start the production of a batch of locally grown barley.
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| The floor maltings. | The old mash tun in cast iron. |
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| The wooden washbacks | The still house with its riveted wash still |
Source:The Making of Scotch whisky by John R. Hume & Michael S. Moss, The distilleries of Campbeltown by David Stirk and The Scotch Whisky Distilleries by Misako Udo.
©P.Brossard 17Sep08.
| Official/Original bottlings (OB) | |
| Age | |
| Springbank 10 YO, OB, 55.6 GL | Rating: 19/20  |
| Springbank 10 YO 100 proof, OB, B:2006, 57%, | Rating: 15/20  |
| Springbank 12 YO , OB, 43 % GL, B: 1980s | Rating: 19/20 |
| Springbank 12 YO, OB, 54.6%, B: 2010 | Rating: 13/20  |
| Springbank 12 YO Ceramic Decanter, OB, 43%, B: c. 1985 | Rating: 15/20 |
| Springbank 12 YO 100 Proof Sykes, OB for Samaroli, 57.1% | Rating: 20/20 |
| Springbank 15 YO, OB, B:2006, 46% | Rating: 14/20 |
| Springbank 18 YO, OB, 46%, B: 2009, 7800 bottles | Rating: 17/20 |
| Springbank 18 YO, OB, 46%, B: 2010 | Rating: 15/20 |
| Springbank 25 YO, OB, 46%, B:2006. | Rating: 14/20 |
| Vintages | |
| Springbank 1972, OB, 46%, cask 759, 242 bottles | Rating: 15/20 |
| Not Specified | |
| Springbank C.V., OB, 46%, B: 2001 | Rating: 13/20 |
| Springbank CV, 46%, OB, B: 2010 | Rating: 14/20 |
| Independent bottlings (IB) | |
| Douglas Laing | |
| Murray McDavid | |
| Springbank 1965, Murray McDavid, 46%. | Rating: 18/20 |
| Springbank Cuvée 65-93, Murray McDavid, 46% B:2004 | Rating: 16/20 |
| Signatory | |
Springbank 1970, 36 YO, Signatory, 53.1%. B:2006, c.1629, 461 b. |
Rating: 17/20 |
| Whiskyfair (Whisky Fair) | |
| Springbank 1970, 35 YO, Whiskyfair, B:2005, 59.5% | Rating: 18/20 |
| Springbank 1971, 35 YO, Whisky Fair, 59%, B: 2007, 239 b | Rating: 18/20 |