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Springbank 18 Years Old
Door Gods China Single Malt Club Edition 152.2%70 cl
About this bottle
A single cask, cask strength whisky themed around ancient Chinese traditions where each household is decorated with paintings to bring luck and happiness. Paintings of these 'Door Gods' are placed on external doors and can be in many forms such as military, civilian, animal or child gods. The paintings are usually brightly coloured and exaggerated. This bottle depicts the Chinese god Yu Chi Gong.
This first edition is a single cask selected by Charles Maclean, world-renowned whisky critic and author and whisky legend, former distillery manager of Springbank, Frank McHardy. Single fresh port hogshead, with cask number 150. Distilled on 2nd December 1994 and bottled on 18th June 2013 at 18 years old with a strength of 52.2%. Limited to only 246 bottles.
Lot details
Specifications
- Distillery
- Springbank
- Type
- Full Size
- Cask type
- Fresh Port Hogshead
- Cask number
- 150
- Bottle size
- 70 cl
- Strength
- 52.2%
- Shipping weight
- 2 kg
Seen by some as Scotland’s, if not the world’s greatest distillery, Springbank is a unique proposition. Not much has changed at Springbank since its inception in 1828; it still follows a historical oddity of distilling, it remains owned by J&A Mitchell and it still uses floor malting for 100% of its requirements. And all of this from the fairly remote location of Campbeltown, which is the former distilling capital of Scotland. Three distinct styles are produced at the distillery with a triple distilled whisky (Hazelburn), a heavily peated (Longrow) and the classic Springbank. More than ever before, these are in huge demand from the UK and international distributors. Due to the historical nature of the distillery and the methods they follow, production cannot be increased too dramatically to accommodate rising demand. Sadly, it looks like we’ll all have to chase a little harder for anything Springbank-related for a while to come.
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