Springbank 1996-2016 - 20 Year Old - The Maltman - Single Cask 108 - Cigarro Exclusive

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 Maltman is a range of independent single malt whisky bottlings from Meadowside Blending Co., the company formerly known as Hart Brothers Limited, which is owned and run by Donald Hart and his son Andrew Hart. 

The first handful of Maltman bottlings appeared in the late 1990s, but the series then fell dormant. The Maltman was relaunched in 2010, since when over 400 whiskies have been released in the series. The Maltman whiskies are all single cask bottlings and are bottled without colouring or chill filtration and almost always at natural cask strength.