Springbank - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Campbeltown
WF Distillery Ranking: Troisième Cru Classé (all current rankings here)

Status: active - Stills: 3 (1 wash, 2 spirit) - Founded: 1828
Address: Well Close, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6ET - Phone: +44 (0) 1586 552 009
Web: www.springbankdistillers.com - More info:

My favourite expression so far:
Springbank 12 yo 100 proof (57.1%, OB, imported by Samaroli, early 80’s, 2400 bottles)
98 points - Last tasted: December 16, 2004 - Tasting notes: here

General Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
(old, <1980) Fresh fruits Coconut Sherry Oranges Pepper Vanilla Milk Eucalyptus Bananas Apricots
(young, >1980) Dried fruits Spirity Caramel Wine Yeast Pepper Oranges Smoke Rubber

Points, whiskies
98 - Springbank 12yo 100 Proof (57.1%, OB, 2400 Bts., early 1980’s, imp. Samaroli)
95 - Springbank 31yo 1965/1996 (50.5%, Cadenhead's, Chairman's Stock, Sherry)
95 - Springbank 34yo 1965/1999 (46%, Murray McDavid, MM 580, 1st Fill sherry)
94 - Springbank 12yo 100 Proof (57%, OB, +/-1995, UK)
94 - Springbank 20yo 1967 (46%, Prestonfield, C#3131-3136, 75cl)
94 - Springbank 21yo (46%, OB, Parchment label, ‘John Mitchell’)
94 - Springbank 30yo 1965/1995 (55%, Milroy’s, sherry, C#1297)
94 - Springbank 40yo Limited Edition (40.1%, OB, +/-2000)
93 - Springbank 12yo 100 Proof (50%, OB, Europe, not 57%)
93 - Springbank 18yo 1973/1991 (57.9%, Cadenhead's, Rum, 'Green Springbank')
93 - Springbank 21yo (46%, Cadenhead's, Dumpy, Black Label, Sherry, Big S, Mid 1980's)
93 - Springbank 21yo 1967/1989 (46%, Signatory, Dumpy, C#3137, 1000 Bts.)
93 - Springbank 25yo (46%, OB, Dumpy red label, +/-1995)
93 - Springbank 1966/1998 Local Barley (54.4%, OB)
93 - Springbank 35yo 1970/2005 (59.5%, The Whisky Fair, Bourbon, 120 Bts.)
93 - Springbank 35yo 1971/2007 (59%, The Whisky Fair, sherry wood, 239 Bts.)
92 - Springbank 12yo (46%, OB, Black label, +/-1985, Light vatting)
92 - Springbank 1969/1997 (51.6%, Dun Eidean, C#2381, 590 Bts.)
92 - Springbank 21yo (46%, OB, Parchment label, Dumpy, +/-1990)
92 - Springbank 23yo (53.7%, James MacArthur, 1991, 75cl)
92 - Springbank 23yo 1965 (50%, Duthie for Samaroli, ageing monography, 660 Bts.)
92 - Springbank 1966/2000 'Local Barley' (55%, OB, C#511)
91 - Springbank NAS (46%, OB, House & Tree Label, France, 70cl)
91 - Springbank 12yo (59.8%, James MacArthur, C#226, early 1990's)
91 - Springbank 15yo (46%, Black Label, +/-1985)
91 - Springbank 21yo (46%, OB, Parchment label, ‘Archibald Mitchell’, Sestante)
91 - Springbank 1975 (46%, Celtic Cross, Japan)
91 - Springbank 25yo 1975/2000 ‘Frank McHardy’ (46%, OB, C#1377, 157 Bts.)
91 - Springbank 28yo 1969/1998 (52.6%, Signatory, C#2382, 490 Bts. Crystal Dec.)
91 - Springbank 29yo 1975/2004 (49.2%, Whiskyfair 2005, Bourbon, 120 Bts.)
91 - Springbank 32yo 1971/2004 (46%, OB)
90 - Springbank 10yo 1968/1980 (59%, OB, C#1786, 75cl, Black label)
90 - Springbank 15yo (43%, OB, Pear shaped bottle, +/-1985)
90 - Springbank 15yo (46%, OB, +/-1995)
90 - Springbank 20yo 1972/1992 (56.5%, Cadenhead's Authentic Collection, 70cl)
90 - Springbank 35yo 1969/2004 (50%, Dun Bheagan, Refill sherry, C#148, 516 Bts.)
90 - Springbank 37yo 1968/2005 (47.5%, The Whisky Fair, 216 Bts., D. 03/'68 Btl. 06/'05)
90 - Springbank 50yo Millenium Edition (40.5%, OB, +/-2000)

• Springbank NAS (46%, OB, House and Tree label, Germany, mid 1990’s) - 061105
• Springbank C.V. (46%, OB, white cap, CV at the top, circa 1995) - 271107
• Springbank C.V. (46%, OB, golden cap, CV on the sides, circa 2000) - 271107
• Springbank NAS Distillery Visitors 2003 (No ABV, OB) - no notes - 79
• Springbank NAS Private Bottling (OB for distillery visitors 2005, mini) - 250705
• Springbank 5 yo (43%, OB for Italy, 1960’s) - 281106
• Springbank 5 yo (43%, OB, 1.5 litres, 60’s) - 060605
• Springbank 'Glens Extra' 8 yo (40%, Robert Watson Aberdeen, 1960's) - 130406
• Springbank 8 yo (43%, OB for Japan, pear shaped, late 1970’s) - 080306
• Springbank 10 yo (57%, OB for Sutti Milano, light vatting, 70’s) - 100505
• Springbank 10 yo (46%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes - 83
• Springbank 10 yo (46%, OB, +/-2003) - no notes - 84
• Springbank 10 yo 100 Proof (57%, OB, +/-2004) - no notes - 78
• Springbank 10 yo (46%, OB, 2008) - 021208
• Springbank 12 yo 'Glens Extra' (70° proof, Robert Watson Aberdeen, black screw cap, 1960s) - 210509
• Springbank 12 yo (46%, OB, tall bottle, black label, very light vatting, 70's) - 180805
• Springbank 12 yo Premium Reserve 'Saxplayer' (46%, OB, Japan, 375ml, 1980s) - 210509
• Springbank 12 yo (46%, OB, black label, 1980’s) - 010205
• Springbank 12 yo (46%, OB, red thistle, circa 1995) - 271107
• Springbank 12 yo 100 proof (57.1%, OB, imported by Samaroli, early 80’s, 2400 bottles) - 161204
• Springbank 12 yo 100 proof (50%, OB, European version, early 90’s) - 100505
• Springbank 12 yo 100 proof (57%, OB, European version) - 010205
• Springbank 12 yo '100 Proof US' (50%, OB, +/-1995, 'Double Dark', USA, +/-1995) - 210509
• Springbank 12 yo 100° Proof’ (57%, OB, UK, ‘rather light vatting’) - 011205
• Springbank 12 yo ‘175th Anniversary’ (46%, OB, 12000 bottles) - no notes - 87
• Springbank 15 yo (43%, OB, pear shape, 70’s) - 020505
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, Black Label, mid 80’s) - 100604
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, 1994) - 100604
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, +/-1995) - no notes - 90
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, +/-2002) - no notes - 78
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, +/-2003) - no notes - 84
• Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB, 2004 bottling) - 180805
• Springbank 18 yo (46%, OB, 2009) - 300309
• Springbank 21 yo (43%, OB, pear shape, 70’s) - 020505
• Springbank 21 yo (46%, OB, dumpy, parchment label) - 100604
• Springbank 21 yo (46%, parchment label, ‘Archibald Mitchell’, 80’s) - 161204
• Springbank 21 yo (46%, OB, dumpy ‘John Mitchell’) - 190505
• Springbank 21 yo (46%, OB, +/-2000 or late 1990's) - no notes - 88
• Springbank 25 yo (43%, OB, pear shape, 70’s) - 020505
• Springbank 25 yo (46%, OB, dumpy, parchment label) - 100604
• Springbank 25 yo (46%, OB, 2006) - 310706
• Springbank 30 yo (46%, OB, parchment label, late 1980’s?) - 060305
• Springbank 40 yo Limited Edition (40.1%, OB, bottled 2000) - 191104
• Springbank 50 yo ‘Millenium’ (40.5%, OB, ca 2001) - 060605

• Springbank 32 yo 1962/1995 (46%, OB, ‘Big S’) - 260107
• Springbank 15 yo 1964/1979 (45.7%, OB for Samaroli, Italy) - 100505
• Springbank 1964 (46%, OB, private bottling for Lateltin 100th Anniversary, Switzerland) - 250208
• Springbank 1965/2001 ‘Local Barley’ (47.6%, OB, cask #1965/8) - 250706
• Springbank 1966/1998 'Local barley' (54.4%, OB) - 100604
• Springbank 1966/1998 ‘Local Barley’ (55.3%, OB, cask #498) - 160908
• Springbank 1966/1999 ‘Local Barley’ (55%, OB, cask #507) - 160908
• Springbank 1966/2000 ‘Local Barley’ (55%, OB, cask #511) - 250706
• Springbank 1967/1988 (46%, OB, 'A West Highland SMW', 648 bottles) - 310108
• Springbank 10 yo 1968/1980 (59%, OB, Italy, cask #1786) - 130406
• Springbank 1969/2003 (47.6%, OB private bottling, cask #55) - 120105
• Springbank 32 yo 1971/2004 (46%, OB) - 161204
• Springbank 25 yo 1975 ‘Frank McHardy’ (46%, OB, cask #1377, 157 bottles) - 180805
• Springbank 1978 (46%, OB, ‘House and Tree’ label) - 030504
• Springbank 14 yo 1979/1993 (46%, OB, France) - 130307
• Springbank 12 yo 1989/2001 Private Bottling (58.1%, OB, Sherry, cask #505) - no notes - 78
• Springbank 13 yo 1989/2003 Portwood (54.2%, OB) - no notes - 89
• Springbank 17 yo 1990/2008 (51.5%, OB for Springbank Society members, refill Port hogshead, 570 bottles) - 021208
• Springbank 12 yo 1991 ‘Bourbon Wood’ (58.5%, OB, 5986 bottles) - 011205
• Springbank 7 yo 1992/1999 ‘Da Mhile’ (46%, OB, organic) - 030504
• Springbank 8 yo 1995/2004 (56%, OB for the Springbank Society, fresh sherry, 306 bottles) - 250705
• Springbank 9 yo 1996/2006 'Marsala Wood' (58%, OB, 7740 bottles) - 121206
• Springbank 1996 ‘Spiritus Sulphuris Volatilis’ (57.5%, OB, private bottling, cask #118, 306 bottles) - 121206
• Springbank 1997 (55.2%, OB, 11,000 bottles, 2007) - 271107
• Springbank 1997 'batch #2' (54.9%, OB, Bottled +/- 2008) - 021208
• Springbank 11 yo 1997/2009 ‘Madeira Wood’ (55.1%, OB, 9,090 bottles) - 300309

• Springbank 35 yo 1969/2004 (58.5%, Adelphi, cask #149) - 180805

• Springbank 35 yo 1968/2003 (46%, Berry Bros) - 050304
• Springbank 1992/2009 'Peat-Smoked' (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #71) - 040509
• Springbank 1993/2009 (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #195) - 040509

• Springbank 10 yo 1995/2005 (58.4%, Blackadder Raw Cask) - 080306
• Springbank 12 yo 1995/2007 (55.7%, Blackadder Raw Cask, sherry hogshead, 280 bottles) - 201207

• Springbank 17 yo (80°proof, Cadenhead, late 1970s) - 160907
• Springbank 21 yo (46%, Cadenhead, big S) - 160907
• Fake Springbank 25 yo 1954/1979 (80°proof, Cadenhead’s, dumpy) - 250208
• Springbank 34 yo 1964/1998 (52.2%, Cadenhead's, sherrywood) - 190309
• Springbank 31 yo 1965/1996 (50.5%, Cadenhead’s ‘Chairman’s Stock’) - 260107
• Springbank 20 yo 1972/1992 (56.5%, Cadenhead) - 260107
• Springbank 18 yo 1973/1991 (57.9%, Cadenhead’s, rum cask) - 260107
• Springbank Bond n°3 (54,9%, Cadenhead, bottled 05/04/2001) - 061105

• Springbank 28 yo 1975/2003 (50.5%, Chieftain’s for Schotse Dagen in Ooidonk, Belgium, cask #1891,186 bottles) - 281106

• Springbank 1975 (46%, Celtic Cross, Japan) - 281106

• Springbank 37 yo (41.5%, Dun Bheagan for Park Avenue Liquors USA, cask #56, 96 bottles) - 310706
• Springbank 1968/2004 (51.4%, Dun Bheagan, cask #1415, 432 bottles) - 190505
• Springbank 35 yo 1969/2005 (50%, Dun Bheagan, refill sherry, 516 bottles) - 120106

• Springbank 1969/1997 (51.6%, Dun Eidean, butt #2381, 590 bottles) - 240505

• Springbank 33 yo 1967/2001 (41.4%, Douglas Laing OMC, Ref 3370, 204 bottles) - 310108
• Springbank 14 yo 1991/2006 (51.1%, Whisky Galore, sherry cask #290) - 130406
• Springbank 10 yo 1993/2003 (46%, Whisky Galore) - 030504
• Springbank 13 yo 1993/2006 (46%, Duncan Taylor NC2) - 201207
• Springbank 10 yo 1996/2006 (46%, Duncan Taylor NC2, Port Cask) - 200707
• Springbank 10 yo 1996/2007 (46%, Duncan Taylor NC2, Port Cask) - no notes - 85

• Springbank 10 yo 1996 (51.5%, Exclusive Malts, cask #589, 374 bottles, 2007) - 080507

• Springbank 30 yo 1965/1995 (43%, Hart Bros) - 250208

• Springbank 11yo 1995/2006 (57.3%, High Spirits, cask #433) - 201207

• Springbank 23 yo (53.7%, James MacArthur, bottled around 1989) - 070605.
• Springbank 12 yo (59.8%, James MacArthur, cask #226, early 90s) - 200105

• Springbank 30 yo 1965/1995 (55%, Milroy’s, sherry cask #1297) - 160907

• Springbank 1965/1988 (46%, Moon Import, The Birds, cask #367, 504 bottles) - 190309

• Springbank 1965/1998 (46%, Murray McDavid, cask 580, 204 botles) - 240505
• Springbank 31 yo 1967/1998 (46%, Murray McDavid, fresh bourbon, MM1315) - 310108
• Springbank 1969/1997 (46%, Murray McDavid, MM7787) - 100604
• Springbank ‘Cuvée’ 10 yo 1965-1993/2004 (46%, Murray McDavid, sherry and bourbon, MM 0406) - 200105

• Springbank 23 yo 1965 (50%, Duthie for Samaroli, ageing monography, 660 bottles) - 160907 - 250208
• Springbank 20 yo 1968/1989 (50%, Duthie for Samaroli, Ageing Monography, 466 bottles, 75cl) - 250208

• Springbank 20 yo 1967 (46%, OB for Prestonfield, sherry wood, casks #3131-3136) - 121006 - 260107
• Springbank 21 yo 1967/1989 (46%, Signatory, cask #3137) - 160907
• Springbank 28 yo 1969/1998 (52.3%, Signatory, cask #2382, 490 bottles, sherry) - 130307
• Springbank 34 yo 1969/2003 (54.7%, Signatory Rare Reserve, butt #262, 408 bottles) - 161204
• Springbank 34 yo 1969/2003 (56.7%, Signatory RR, cask #266) - no notes - 83
• Springbank 1969/2003 (56.7%, Signatory Rare Reserve) - 100604
• Springbank 36 yo 1970/2006 (53,1%, Signatory, Sherry butt #1629, 461 bottles) - 121006
• Springbank 37 yo 1970/2007 (53.9%, Signatory, butt #1621, 370 bottles) - 231107
• Springbank 17 yo 1975/1993 (55.8%, Signatory, casks 3592-3593, 520 bottles) - 070605
• Springbank 11 yo 1989/2000 (43%, Van Wees, dist 10/3/1989) - 100604
• Springbank 11 yo 1989/2000 (45%, Signatory, Stills of Scotland, cask #105) - 080507
• Springbank 1997/2002 (45%, Signatory, Stills of Scotland, cask #171) - no notes - 25
• Springbank 6 yo 1997/2003 (45%, Stills of Scotland, Hogshead #182) - 080507

• Springbank 15 yo 1992/2007 (52.6%, The Whisky Society) - 231107
• Springbank 13 yo 1993/2007 (58.7%, Single Malts of Scotland) - 200707

• Springbank 31 yo 1964/1996 (51.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 27.41) - 250208
• Springbank 15 yo 1989/2005 (60.5%, SMWS 27.57) - 011205
• Springbank 27.52 14 yo (46.7%, SMWS, ‘redcurrant fun’, portwood finish) - 030504
• Springbank 15 yo 'Drink me' (54,9%, SMWS, 27.60, Bottled +/- 2006) - 231107

• Springbank 11 yo 1989/2000 (43%, Ultimate, cask #104, D. 10/03/'89) - no notes - 75

• Springbank 37 yo 1968/2005 (47.5%, The Whiskyfair, 216 bottles) - 290805
• Springbank 38 yo 1968/2006 (54%, The Whisky Fair, 117 bottles) - 260107
• Springbank 36 yo 1969/2005 (45.6%, The Whiskyfair, 197 bottles) - 290805
• Springbank 1970/2004 (47.9%, Wiskyfair Limburg) - 120105
• Springbank 35 yo 1970/2005 (59.5%, The Whisky Fair, bourbon hogshead, 120 bottles) - 120106
• Springbank 35 yo 1971/2007 (59%, The Whisky Fair, sherry wood, 239 bottles) - 200707
• Springbank 1975/2004 (49.2%, Whiskyfair Limburg) - 120105

• Springbank 10 yo 'Against the Grain' (46%, Oddbins, +/-2000) - no notes - 84
• Springbank 1968/2004 (49.2%, Pacific Caledonian, 271 bottles) - 260107