Est. 1828 • Campbeltown, Scotland

Springbank

"Campbeltown's family single malt"

Springbank is the family-owned single malt from Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula. It is one of the few distilleries to carry out every step on one site, from malting the barley on its own floors to bottling the whisky by hand. The house style is oily and maritime, lightly peated, with brine, dried fruit and a rich, waxy texture that collectors seek out.

1828

Founded

Campbeltown

Region

Oily, maritime

House Style

Family

Ownership

The Springbank House Style

Oily, maritime and made on one site

Springbank sits in Campbeltown, once the whisky capital of the world and now home to only a handful of working distilleries. What sets it apart is that everything happens on one site. The barley is malted on the distillery's own floors, the whisky is matured on-site, and it is bottled by hand. Little is bought in, so the house character carries all the way through.

The signature Springbank malt is distilled two and a half times, which lands it between the lighter triple-distilled and the fuller double-distilled styles. The result is oily and textured, lightly peated, with sea salt, dried fruit and a waxy weight on the palate. If you want the smokier end, reach for the Longrow label; for the cleaner end, Hazelburn. To place Campbeltown among the wider map, read our guide to the whisky regions of Scotland.

The Range Explained

How the core Springbank bottles and its sister malts differ

The benchmark

Springbank 10 Year Old

The core ten year old and the place to start. Lightly peated and oily, with sea salt, pear and a soft smoke that lingers. The clearest read on the Springbank house style.

Sherry and depth

Springbank 15 Year Old

Longer ageing and a fuller sherry influence. Dried fruit, dark toffee and a waxy richness, with the coastal, briny edge still holding it together.

The sought-after one

Springbank Local Barley

A rotating release built from barley grown close to the distillery. Prized by collectors for the way each batch shifts, from orchard fruit to deeper, oilier tones.

The peated sister

Longrow

Springbank's heavily peated label, distilled twice rather than the house two-and-a-half. Bolder smoke and tar over the same maritime, oily base.

The gentle sister

Hazelburn

The unpeated, triple-distilled label. Lighter and cleaner, with vanilla, green apple and a creamy softness that shows a different face of the distillery.