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Springbank 1979-1991 - 11 Year Old - SMWS 27.12 - Very Malty

LOT ID: 0123-420


End Date : Feb 08 2023 08:00 PM


Total Bids: 18   

Winning Bid
£1,050.00


LOT DESCRIPTION

Springbank 1979 - 1991. 11 Year Old. Bottled by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Society cask number 27.12. 75cl. 57.2%. 100.1 Proof.

From the Archives. ''The whisky is unusually pale for malt from a butt from this distillery. It has the flavour you would expect given its provenance, but without the Sherry. Vanilla and custard, very malty, smooth and slightly peated, salty as well as sweet."

CONDITION

Stained label.

FILLING LEVEL

Lower Neck

Distillery:  Springbank

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Region: Campbeltown

Distilled Year: 1979

Bottling Year: 1991

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 27.12

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 57.2% / 100.1 Proof

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 two venues in Edinburgh, a London bar and a string of international partnerships serving its 35,000 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.

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BID HISTORY

BID DATE TIME
Last Bids £1,050.00 8th February 2023 07:33