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Springbank 1965 - 1993. 27 Year Old. Bottled by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Society cask number 27.22. Slightly Sour Like Madeira. 70cl. 57.9%. 101.3 Proof. No box.
A lovely old 1965 Springbank, bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in January 1993 at its natural cask strength of 57.9% - pretty remarkable for a dram that was approaching its 28th birthday. This was one of eight single cask 1965 Springbanks bottled by the Society and is a particularly rare example.
From the archives. "Slightly Sour Like Madeira"
Lovely old coppery red, viscous, forming beads at the rim. It is strongly sherried, with a slight sourness you sometimes find in an Oloroso or Madeira cask. The nose develops with time to yield fruit, mostly pears or persimmons. The taste is rich but not sweet, and the aftertaste is dry.
Most elegant, to be taken as an aperitif or with game. The original price for this bottle in 1993 was £52 and was released as the Chairman's Choice.
Springbank is one of the giants of the Scotch whisky world, an independently-owned distillery dedicated to preserving the traditional methods of distillation. For a long time Springbank was flying the flag for Campbeltown whisky almost alone but the distillery’s fortunes have improved since the 1990s, and in 2000 Springbank expanded their operations with the purchase and subsequent reconstruction of the Glengyle distillery, home of Kilkerran.
The Springbank distillery produces three distinct single malt whiskies, with the regular lightly-peated Springbank malt complemented by the heavily-peated Longrow and the unpeated, triple-distilled Hazelburn. Of these secondary malts, Longrow has a longer history and more passionate fanbase, with the 1973/74 vintages in particular attracting eye-catching prices at auction. The standard Springbank spirit remains one of Scotland’s greatest whiskies, and auction prices for old bottles continue to rise.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) began in late 1970s Edinburgh when founder Pip Hills persuaded a group of friends to chip in for a cask of Glenfarclas, and was officially formalised in 1983. Today the SMWS has members rooms in Edinbrugh, Glasgow and London and a string of international partnerships serving its 40,000 members.
The Society’s whiskies are known for their unique SMWS coding system. Each cask bottled is assigned two numbers, representing the distillery and the bottling number, so 1.45 is the forty-fifth cask bottled from the first distillery and 33.27 is the 27th cask from the 33rd distillery.
Glenmorangie bought the Society in 2004, but sold it in 2015 to a private consortium who floated the SMWS on the stock market in 2021 via their holding company Artisanal Spirits Co.
| BID | DATE | TIME | |
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| £1,800.00 | 11th May 2026 | 11:43 AM | |
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