Springbank 8 Years Old

Black Label

1000ml / 80%

Single Malt

$2380

Springbank, from Campbeltown, an 8 year old, from the distillery, at 80%. Oily and coastal, showing brine, orchard fruit and a thread of smoke and honey, vanilla and a gentle oak. Sea salt and fruit in balance. A cult malt from old Campbeltown. Oily, briny and full of character. A revered Campbeltown single malt.

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SKU SPB150 Categories Campbeltown, Scottish Whisky, Springbank, Whiskey Brand: Springbank

Description

This official Springbank single malt, an 8 year old and bottled at 80%. The Springbank distillery, a family distillery since 1828, is one of the last working distilleries of old Campbeltown. It makes three malts: Springbank, the peated Longrow and the unpeated Hazelburn.

The make was distilled two and a half times from lightly peated, floor malted malt, then condensed through worm tubs. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the spirit. Younger here, it keeps a vigorous, briny freshness over the oily body. Sea air works into the warehouses, lending a saline thread as the whisky breathes. Today just three distilleries survive in the old Kintyre whisky town. The maritime warehouses by the sea lend the malt its briny, oily depth. A 1940s Porteus mill and an open iron mash tun are part of the old setup. The Mitchell family has held the distillery for five generations.

At cask strength 80% it is muscular. An oily, maritime character with light peat are layered with vanilla, cream and light coconut. A coastal salt and an orchard fruit lift it. It closes long, oily and salty. This is an oily, salty Campbeltown classic.