{"product_id":"springbank-30-year-old-2025-release-campbeltown-single-malt-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Springbank 30 Year Old 2025 Release Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eSpringbank 30 Year Old 2025 Release Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSpringbank 30 year old 2025 release is a combination of 85% Bourbon cask maturation to 25% Sherry cask maturation. An incredible single malt from this excellent Campbeltown Distillery.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNose : A rich and honeyed introduction to this dram, there are notes of ripe peaches, honeycomb and creamy chocolate.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePalate : There is a vibrancy on the palate, with familiar tropical fruit and fresh tangerine notes, and a leathery note reminiscent of old library books developing over time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFinish : Tart and syrupy in the finish, with notes of brambles, maraschino cherries and a dunnage warehouse note to round off this dram.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Springbank\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpringbank is the only distillery in Scotland to malt, distil, mature and bottle on the same site. It manages to do this while operating a highly complex distillation regime, which creates three different styles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe equipment at Springbank is resolutely old-style: an old Boby mill, an open-top cast-iron mash tun, wooden washbacks made from boatskin larch; and three stills, direct fire on one of them, a worm tub on another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe malt is handled in three ways to produce three contrasting whiskies – Springbank itself is medium-peated, Longrow is heavily peated, while Hazelburn has no peat at all. Ferments are very long – in excess of 100 hours; with low-gravities which both produces a low-strength wash and high levels of esters. This fruity base is then distilled in three different ways, depending on the style being produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpringbank is partially triple-distilled. The wash still (which is direct fired) works as normal producing low wines, the strongest portion of which are directed to the spirit still charger. The remainder is redistilled in the intermediate still (which has a worm tub) and put into the feints receiver along with the heads and tails from the spirit still distillation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mix makes up 80% of the final charge, with the strong portion of low wines from the wash still making up the remaining 20%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnsurprisingly, the result is a highly complex new make that is collected at an average strength of 71-72% – lightly smoky, oily, fruity, delicately fragrant yet powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongrow is heavier and smokier – the malted barley obviously playing a significant part, but so does distillation in the direct-fired wash still and second distillation in the spirit still which has the worm tub. It is collected at 68%, lower than Springbank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHazelburn undergoes standard triple distillation and is collected at between 74-76% abv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaturation for all three is in a mix of casks – as well as the standard ex-Bourbon, ex-Sherry and refill, other types [wine and rum] and sizes [60 litre ‘rundlets’ and 50 litre ‘kilderkan' are used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuity is the watchword at Springbank. This distillery has been in the ownership of the Mitchell family and its ancestors since 1837. Indeed, as its founder William Reid was related to the Mitchells by marriage you could argue that they were there from the word go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was in 1828 that Reid took out a licence, but there was a rich – and extensive – heritage of illicit distillation in the Kintyre Peninsula. Indeed, thanks to the Still Books of Campbeltown plumber and coppersmith, Robert Armour, we can accurately chart how many there were. The books show that Armour made 400 sma’ stills from 1811-1817, bringing him an income of £350 per year, and the surnames Reid and Mitchell appear in his detailed accounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many smugglers, Reid didn’t survive long once he joined the legitimate trade and in 1837 he sold to his in-laws John and William Mitchell. The latter brother left in 1872 to join his other two brothers at Riechlachan, at which point John’s son Alexander joined Springbank [hence the J\u0026amp;A Mitchell still on the label].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 19th and early 20th centuries were a boom time for Campbeltown. Thanks to a fast sea crossing to Glasgow and a small coal seam at nearby Machrihanish it became Scotland’s whisky capital. At some point or other there were 35 distilleries operational. The style tended to be medium- to heavy-bodied, with some smokiness and an oily texture (though each distillery would work its own variation on this theme).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distilling trade, however, collapsed in the 1920s. All of Scotland was affected with 50 distilleries closing, but Campbeltown was disproportionately affected, with only Springbank, Glen Scotia and Hazelburn surviving the Great Purge. By the 1960s only it and Glen Scotia were left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is not to say it was not immune to the vagaries of the whisky trade. Despite beginning to build a reputation as a single malt, Springbank was mothballed between 1979 to 1987. On reopening, owner Hedley Wright [John Mitchell’s great-great grandson] made the momentous decision to no longer sell to blenders, but develop single malt sales. Maltings were re-opened in 1992 and while the combination of managing limited stocks – the result of the mothballed period and somewhat over-eager sales of what was left – it has taken a number of years to get the Springbank range fully balanced, which now it is. It remains, deservedly, one of Scotland’s cult malt whiskies and a template for many new distillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerms: \u003cbr\u003eTHIS WILL BE DISPATCHED AFTER RELEASE DAY AND WILL BE DISPATCHED ON ORDER OF PURCHASE\u003cbr\u003eDISPATCH CAN TAKE UP TO 4 WEEKS SUBJECT TO ORDER OF PURCHASE.\u003cbr\u003eCANCELLATIONS TO PRE-SALE WILL INCUR A £10 FEE. \u003cbr\u003eCANCELLATIONS WHERE PAYPAL HAS BEEN USED TO PAY WILL BE SUBJECT TO PAYPAL FEES BEING DEDUCTED FROM REFUND AMOUNTS\u003cbr\u003eDO NOT ORDER UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE ONE FOR CERTAIN \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIMITED TO 1 PER PERSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER ORDERS WILL BE REFUNDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springbank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54524504244549,"sku":"000552","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4786819339_84be3640-9c9e-4ccb-a1c4-bd7974ffc156.jpg?v=1746552772","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/springbank-30-year-old-2025-release-campbeltown-single-malt-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}