History
The Springbank Distillery was founded in 1828 by the Reid family and licensed. By the end of the 18th century, a relative of the Springbank family, Archibald Mitchell, had distilled whiskey there. Due to financial problems, the Reid family had to sell the distillery in 1837.
The two sons of Archibald Mitchell, John and William, bought up Springbank and took over the license. Since then, the distillery has been family owned. Today's manager Hedley G. Wright is the principal shareholder of J. & A. Mitchell, founded in 1897, and represents the seventh generation of the family.
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Meaning of the name |
Quellenufer |
Whisky region |
Campbeltown |
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Pronunciation |
Spring-bänk |
Status |
In operation |
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Owner |
J. & A. Mitchell & Co. Ltd
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Capacity per year |
ca. 750.000 Liter ( is used just under half) |
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Address |
Springbank Distillery 85 Longrow, Campbeltown PA28 6EX |
Style of the house |
Springbank: long, malty, salty, but sweetish, vanilla, oily Longrow: peaty, earthy, sweetish, malty, fruity Hazelburn: spicy, sweet, soft, oily, coffee |
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Contact |
www.springbankwhisky.com +44 (0)1343862888 |
Founding year |
1897 |
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Production
The Springbank Distillery produces three different malt whiskeys. The >Springbank<, >Longrow< and since 1997 the >Hazelburn<. All three have a different peat content.
The required malt is produced in the two-storey malt house on two malting floors. Then the germinating malt is dried in kiln with different peat content and then ground in an old malt mill.
In different processes, the three whiskeys are fired, but for the same stills are used and the first run is the same for everyone.
For the intensively peated> Longrow <is distilled twice as usual. For the not peated> Hazelburn <one applies a triple distillation. Two and a half times the distillation is the technique used in the "Springbank". In this case, in the third firing part of the finest, from the second firing with a small proportion of low wines from the first distillation mixed and fired again. The> Springbank <lies with its peat content between the two other whiskeys.
The Springbank Distillery is one of the few that have their own bottling.
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1 mash tun |
aus Gusseisenplatten ohne Deckel |
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6 wash backs |
aus skandinavischem Lärchenholz |
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1 wash still |
zwiebelförmig, wird mit Dampf beheizt und zusätzlich mit einem Ölbrenner |
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2 spirit stills |
zwiebelförmig, wird mit Dampf beheizt |
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Tube capacitors |
stehen ausserhalb des stillhouse |
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Number of distilling operations |
2 bis 3 |
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water source |
Crosshills Loch |
The storage
The malts of the distillery are stored in warehouses on the distillery grounds, in high storage racks.
The >Springbank< is filled into ex-bourbon casks for maturing, a small part in ex-sherry casks or former rum barrels.The standard bottling of >Hazelburn< ripens in ex-boilie barrels, but is also offered with various finnishings.The >Logrow< is brought into Ex-Bourbon and for certain bottling also from refilled sherry casks on the market.
Available from us:
Springbank Whisky 15 years 0,7l original bottling
Springbank Whisky Campbeltown 10 years
Springbank Whisky 18 years 0,7l Campbeltown single Malt Scotch Whisky
Springbank Whisky 10 years 0,05l miniature
Springbank Whisky 15 years 0,05l miniature
