Springbank distillery

Springbank
Region: Campbeltown
Owner Independent
Founded 1828
Status Operational
Water source Crosshill Loch
Number of stills 1 wash
2 spirit
Capacity 750,000 litres[1]
Springbank
Age(s) 10-year-old
12-year-old (cask strength)
15-year-old
18-year-old
21-year-old
Cask type(s) Bourbon
Sherry
Wine
Rum
Calvados
Longrow
Age(s) 10-year-old
14-year-old
18-year-old
Cask type(s) Bourbon
Sherry
Wine
Hazelburn
Age(s) 8-year-old
12-year-old
Cask type(s) Bourbon
Sherry
Wine

Springbank distillery is one of the last surviving producers of Campbeltown Single Malts. The distillery, located on the southern Kintyre peninsula, produces three distinct types of single malt Scotch whisky.

Brands

Production

Springbank is one of only two distilleries in Scotland to perform every step in the whisky making process, from malting the barley to bottling the spirit, on same premises: the other is Kilchoman Distillery who also grow their own barley. While a few others still maintain the first step in the process, the malting of barley (which is becoming more rare), Springbank also bottles their own whisky.

Ownership

Springbank is one of the few remaining family owned distilleries. Nearly all of its whisky is sold as a single malt, with little of it finding its way into blends. Most blends are produced by larger conglomerates who tend to use the single malts from the distilleries that they own in their blends. Springbank produces two of its own blends, 5 year old Campbeltown Loch.

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Pioppi, Anthony (7 February 2014). "Scotch done the very old-fashioned way". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 May 2014. 
  • Stirk, David (2005). The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World. Glasgow: Angels' Share (Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd). ISBN 978-1903238844. 

Media related to Springbank distillery at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 55°25′31.5″N 5°36′31.9″W / 55.425417°N 5.608861°W / 55.425417; -5.608861

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.