Region: Campbeltown | |
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Owner | Independent |
Founded | 1828 |
Status | Operational |
Number of stills | 1 wash 2 spirit |
Springbank | |
Age(s) | 10-year-old 12-year-old (cask strength) 15-year-old 21-year-old |
Cask type(s) | Bourbon Sherry Wine Rum |
Longrow | |
Age(s) | 10-year-old 14-year-old 18-year-old |
Cask type(s) | Bourbon Sherry Wine |
Hazelburn | |
Age(s) | 8-year-old 12-year-old |
Cask type(s) | Bourbon Sherry |
Springbank Distillery is one of the last surviving producers of Campbeltown Single Malts. The distillery, located on the southern Kintyre peninsula, produces three distinct types of single malt Scotch whisky.
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Springbank is one of only two distilleries in Scotland to perform every step in the whisky making process, from malting the barley to bottling the spirit, on same premises: the other is Kilchoman Distillery who also grow their own barley. While a few others still maintain the first step in the process, the malting of barley (which is becoming more rare), Springbank also bottles their own whisky. The distillery is also one of the most inactive, having stills operating less than a third of the time.
Springbank is one of the few remaining family owned distilleries. Nearly all of its whisky is sold as a single malt, with little of it finding its way into blends. Most blends are produced by larger conglomerates who tend to use the single malts from the distilleries that they own in their blends. Springbank produces two of its own blends, 5 year old Campbeltown Loch, and Mitchell's 12 year old.