SOCIETY BOTTLE – LONGROW 12 Y/O MATURED IN FINO CASK

The new Society bottle has been on offer for a few weeks now to give all the members a chance to order it.   Again this bottle has been very popular, we are getting some very positive feedback from those members who have bought and sampled it.

We do have a few bottles left, so if anyone would like another bottle, please let me know.   These will be sold on a first come first served basis, so don’t hold back in case you miss out!!   As usual – e mail me at society@springbankwhisky.com or telephone on 01586 552009, or the shop at 01586 551710 option 1.

GLENGYLE OPEN DAY

If you were there we hope you had a good day!!!   We were very busy all day, from opening time until the last visitors were dragged away.   The Masterclasses with Stuart and Frank were very popular, as we expected they would be.   Stuart’s class incorporated a tour of Springbank Distillery with several stops along the way to sample the “goods” – quite a technical class I understand with facts and figures galore!   Frank’s class was more along the lines of a story – a very informative one, I’m sure – with again plenty of “samples” to add to the enjoyment of the whole experience.

We had music –  which we hope the visitors enjoyed – the staff didn’t get much of a chance to lounge about and listen – which shows how busy we were.   The farmers’ market were busy selling their produce (we did take time off for a quick burger) and another local – John Brown was also there selling some very interesting wood carvings.

Grant MacPherson from Cadenhead’s was promoting the new line from Duthie’s which again received a bit of attention from the visitors, although Grant was hijacked into pouring from the Kilkerran casks and selling from the shop.    A member of our bottling hall – Ian Rich – very kindly gave up his afternoon to come along and fill bottles for the hungry mob waiting for the Kilkerran – his knees will never be the same again!!

Frank was coerced into signing bottles after his masterclass – I think he enjoyed it really and would have been upset if you guys hadn’t asked him to do it.

All in all we thought the day was a great success and hope that everyone who managed to come along had a good time with us.   We are having a Springbank open day next year, on the Thursday before the Islay festival, and  perhaps we can persuade even more of you to come along and spend a day with us.

Slainte

Janet
for Springbank Society

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