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Springbank 31 years

woody spicy
3.8
(1)€4,612Scotland, Campbeltown, Single Malt

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Springbank's Local Barley bottlings began with a simple idea. Use grain from neighbouring farms and let the distillery's own floors do the malting. Spirit passes through the stills two and a half times here. Peat stays subtle. Time in bourbon oak does the heavy lifting. The nose opens with that familiar distillery wax note. Under it come cream, soft florals, and a slow-building heat. Tobacco leaf and vanilla layer over a woody, composed palate. Nothing feels rushed. Pour a small measure neat and sit with it. Mature Springbank rewards unhurried attention.

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About the distillery

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Springbank

Springbank is a historic distillery located in Campbeltown, Scotland. Founded in 1828, it is one of the few distilleries in Scotland that still carries out every step of the whisky-making process on site, including malting, milling, mashing, fermentation, distillation, maturation, and bottling. The distillery produces three different types of whisky: Springbank, Longrow, and Hazelburn. Springbank is medium-peated and triple-distilled, Longrow is heavily-peated and double-distilled, and Hazelburn is unpeated and triple-distilled. Springbank is known for using traditional methods and producing a distinctive, complex whisky with a maritime character.

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About the Springbank 31 years

Springbank 31 years is a single malt Scotch whisky from Campbeltown, Scotland. The Springbank distillery bottled it as part of its celebrated Local Barley series. Each release in the range used barley grown near the Kintyre distillery rather than bought in from elsewhere. This expression matured for decades in bourbon cask wood. It reached the glass as a single cask distillery bottling at natural strength. Springbank remains family owned by the Mitchell family after more than a century of Campbeltown distilling. It malts much of its own barley on site and bottles whisky at the distillery itself. The spirit is distilled two and a half times and picks up a gentle peat character along the way. That hands-on approach shaped every drop in the Local Barley line. These bottlings rank among the most sought-after releases the distillery has ever put out. On the palate, Springbank 31 years shows the wax and woody notes collectors expect from mature Campbeltown stock. Cream and floral aromas sit beneath a layer of spice and spicy heat. Vanilla and tobacco mingle with the oak without turning dry or tired. The finish stays long, warm, and firmly rooted in the cask that held it for so many years. Fans of the style often describe these older Springbank pours as reference points for the region. Serve Springbank 31 years neat to catch the full depth of this rare single cask bottling. Collectors chase Local Barley releases for their tied-to-the-land barley and patient aging in oak. If you want old-school Campbeltown character in one glass, this bourbon-matured whisky delivers it cleanly. It suits drinkers who value craft, age, and a spirit that tells a clear story from grain to glass.