Springbank 18 Years Old

This official Springbank single malt, an 18 year old Campbeltown malt and bottled at 46%. Springbank is a Campbeltown distillery run by J and A Mitchell since 1828, Campbeltown's most revered surviving distillery. Bottles are released in small batches, often through ballots to meet the demand.

It was floor malted, lightly peated and distilled two and a half times, the vapour cooled in worm tubs. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the spirit. By this age the maritime weight rounds into a richer, fuller malt. Everything is done on site, the spirit going from still to cask to bottle in Campbeltown. The distillery has become a place of pilgrimage for whisky enthusiasts. Kintyre's damp, mild climate suits a long and gentle maturation. The old town of Campbeltown once rivalled Speyside as Scotland's whisky heart. Quality and tradition, not volume, have always been the watchwords here.

At 46% it is smooth and oily. An oily, maritime character with light peat are layered with vanilla, cream and light coconut. Soft fruit and brine sit behind the cask sweetness. A long, oily, coastal finish lingers. This is a revered Campbeltown single malt.