Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
Date
21 August 2018
Location
Longrow, Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
NR 71695 20484; 55.42488°N, 5.60953°W
Information
Springbank Distillery is located in Campbeltown, once Scotland’s whisky capital with 34 distilleries having been established there. Springbank was established in 1828 on the site of an earlier illicit still. Having been in the hands of the Mitchell family for five generations, Springbank is Scotland’s oldest independent, family-owned distillery. It is also the only one to carry out all stages of production – from malting the barley to final bottling – in house on a single site.
The distillery produces three distinct single malts: Springbank, a lightly peated malt produced since 1828; Longrow, a heavily peated, smoky, Islay-style whisky produced since 1973; and Hazelburn, a subtle, non-peated variety produced since 1997.
Further Reading
Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
GeoTopoi 
I like that blue bottomed barrel in the second picture!
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Bit of a non-conformist! Thanks, Andy.
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Nice post! First shot is fav. Which one did you like most?.. 🙂
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#1 as well! Thanks, harrie.
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😀 Which of the three wiskey’s I meant…
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Aha! Sadly didn’t sample their single malts, although I did have some blended Campbeltown, which was quite fine 🙂 (I’m guessing I’d have preferred Longrow, as I like smoky ones.)
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I visited their site; think I would go for the Longrow as well; but I’m more into beers 🍻✋
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Beautiful textures on those barrels, shot from such interesting angles. I’m glad to know the company that’s still going strong, and not farming out any parts of the production, is housed on the site of an illicit still. 🙂
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Thanks, blue. Glad you liked them. Didn’t go on the tour of the plant so just contented myself with a wander around their yard admiring all those barrels.
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There’s always plenty to see in places other people don’t focus on. 🙂
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That one with the blue barrel reminds me of a “be different” kind of ad 🙂 Well done, they’re all fantastic!
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Thanks so much, MB!
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