Springbank 15 Years Old

A distillery bottling of Springbank, a 15 year old Campbeltown malt and bottled at 46%. Springbank is a Campbeltown distillery run by J and A Mitchell since 1828, a survivor of Campbeltown's great whisky era. Little has changed in the way the spirit is made for the best part of a century.

It was distilled around two and a half times from floor malted, lightly peated barley, and worm tub cooled in the old way. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, lending vanilla and honey. Around the mid teens the malt gains depth while keeping its oily salt. Refill oak lets the distillery character lead, all oily weight and coastal salt. 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. Today just three distilleries survive in the old Kintyre whisky town. The maritime warehouses by the sea lend the malt its briny, oily depth.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Brine, wax and a light peat note sit over vanilla, cream and light coconut. The mouthfeel is oily, the fruit carried on a salty body. The finish is long, waxy and briny. This is the most traditional malt in Scotch.