Campbeltown · Operating distillery

Springbank

Campbeltown, Kintyre Peninsula

Record status

Operating distillery

A researched directory record, not a recommendation, valuation or cask-specific offer.

Distillery profile

The place behind the name.

Springbank is located in Campbeltown at the southern end of the Kintyre Peninsula. Its official history dates the distillery’s foundation to 1828, on the site of a previously illicit still used by Archibald Mitchell, and identifies it as one of the three distilleries operating in the area. The distillery remains part of the J&A Mitchell and Co. family-linked business context documented by its official site.

Region

Campbeltown

Locality

Campbeltown, Kintyre Peninsula

Ownership / company

J&A Mitchell & Co. / Springbank Distillers Ltd

Directory note

The Springbank official history identifies Springbank as one of only three distilleries operating in the Campbeltown area. The official place page says Springbank and Glengyle are owned by J&A Mitchell and Co.; the distillery is located in Campbeltown at the southern end of the Kintyre Peninsula.

Springbank · process gallery

Traditional methods, stage by stage.

Springbank completes every stage of production on site. These photographs show three of the traditional working spaces behind its whisky: floor malting, fermentation and copper-pot distillation.