Springbank 25 Years Old

A distillery bottling of Springbank, a 25 year old and bottled at 46%. Only 1200 bottles were released. In Mitchell family hands since 1828, Springbank is one of only three distilleries left in Campbeltown. Each bottling is filled and labelled in Campbeltown rather than shipped away.

The spirit was drawn off after two and a half distillations of gently peated malt, then cooled slowly in worm tubs. Maturation in a sherry cask laid dried fruit over the maritime malt. Long ageing brings an oily depth, candied fruit and a mellow coastal salt. The oily, robust make carries cask flavour while holding its own character. 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.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Dried fruit, fig and walnut meets a salty, waxy depth with a whisper of peat. The texture is rich and oily, the salt threaded through. Salt and oily fruit see out a long finish. This is a complex, coastal Campbeltown whisky.