Springbank 12 Years Old Cask #Batch 24

This official Springbank single malt matured to 12 year old, drawn from cask Batch 24 and bottled at 54.1%. A family distillery since 1828, Springbank is prized for its rich, oily, hand made spirit. Bottles are released in small batches, often through ballots to meet the demand.

The spirit was given Springbank's unusual two and a half times distillation, the vapour cooled in worm tubs. Maturation in a sherry cask laid dried fruit over the maritime malt. By this age the maritime weight rounds into a richer, fuller malt. Long maturation suits the heavy, characterful make, the cask knitting slowly with the spirit. Quality and tradition, not volume, have always been the watchwords here. The spirit is filled to cask and matured within the distillery walls. Few distilleries keep so much of the old craft alive under one roof. Campbeltown was once the whisky capital of the world, with more than thirty distilleries at its peak.

At a natural 54.1% it is full and oily. A coastal, waxy spirit with gentle peat meet dried fruit and a vanilla oak from the cask. Soft fruit and brine sit behind the cask sweetness. Sea salt and fruit draw out the close. This is a revered Campbeltown single malt.