Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be looking at some recent releases from the Springbank distillery along with one of those infamous cage bottlings!
THE GLENDRONACH BOYNSMILL AGED 16 YEARS
LAUNCHES AS A GLOBAL TRAVEL RETAIL EXCLUSIVE
The GlenDronach continues its journey with world travellers with the release of The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 years, joining The GlenDronach Forgue Aged 10 years as the distillery’s second exclusive for Global Travel Retail.
The Boynsmill Estate, nestled in the Valley of Forgue, was established by James Allardice as the home for his GlenDronach distillery in 1826. It was here that Allardice discovered the rich depths of sherry cask maturation; marrying robust Highland spirit to Spanish cask, a tradition carried forward by The GlenDronach to this day.
James Allardice lived most of his life at Boynsmill House (later re-named Glen House) and was often known to share a dram of his ‘Guid GlenDronach’ with friends and neighbours. This historic home continues to welcome guests at The GlenDronach distillery to this day.
At this time in the early 19 th Century, both sherry and port were popularly enjoyed by Scotland’s gentry and their influence on Single Malt Scotch Whisky is still prominent today. The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years is a marriage of rich Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks from Andalucía, with the subtle influence of the finest port casks from the Douro Valley in Portugal.
The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years pays a fitting homage to the distillery’s heritage and the warmth and hospitality of its founder.
The GlenDronach Master Blender, Dr Rachel Barrie said:
“The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years celebrates the rich heritage of The GlenDronach, with a small number of casks hand-selected to showcase its robust and complex Highland character. I hope whisky travellers will enjoy this rare opportunity to savour the depth of a truly old-style Highland Single Malt.
Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks express the rich and full-bodied signature style of The GlenDronach, while port casks from the Douro Valley subtly influence the balance of fruit, recognisable in the ‘Valley of the Brambles’. As a complex and supremely balanced Single Malt, The Glendronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years has notes of plum pudding and apricot brandy on the nose, layered with the warmth of nutmeg and quince. Exceedingly rich fruitcake builds on the palate as dates, dried apricots and walnuts are savoured into the long and richly satisfying velvet finish.”
This rich and complex Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is bottled at 46% ABV and as is the case for all The GlenDronach expressions, is non-chill filtered and absorbs colour naturally over time from the Spanish oak in which it resides.
It will be available to purchase from selected Travel Retail locations from May.
Notes
The GlenDronach Boynsmill Aged 16 Years Tasting Notes:
Appearance: Burnished copper with a red bramble hue.
Nose: Fruit-led and complex. Plum pudding, cherry stone and apricot brandy with traces of nutmeg and sandalwood tempered by the sweetness of quince.
Taste: Exceedingly rich and fruity with baked apricot, cherry and plum skin in a fruitcake with orange and walnut cream.
Finish: Savour dates, apricot and walnut lingering into the rich velvet finish.
ABV: 46%
RRP: Available from $115, global markets may vary
About The GlenDronach Distillery:
Nestled in the valley of Forgue, deep in the East Highland hills, is The GlenDronach, one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. The GlenDronach is of true Highland style: a full bodied and robust taste, perfect for long maturation in sherry casks. At The GlenDronach Distillery, we have carried forth the tradition of our founder James Allardice since 1826, maturing our whisky in the finest Spanish Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks from Andalucía.
We continue to work towards mastering the art of sherry cask maturation. Our Highland whiskies are recognized for their deep colour and rich flavour profiles, which range from sweet fruity flavours of the Pedro Ximénez casks we select, to the dry and nutty notes of Oloroso casks. Our distillery has been guarded for nearly 200 years by a parliament of rooks, who love The GlenDronach so much they try to nest in the warehouses. The distillery folk believe that as long as the rooks remain at the distillery, it will be good for the whisky.
For Further Information on The GlenDronach Distillery:
Visit: www.glendronachdistillery.com
Twitter: @Glendronach
Facebook: /TheGlendronach
Instagram: @glendronach
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We are pleased to announce that Islay’s inaugural Independent Bottlers’ festival within the Fèis Ìle will take place in The Bowmore Hall on 30th May 2019 from 12pm to 5pm. The event will showcase Independent Bottlers’ vast array of Islay and Jura whiskies for the first time with the blessing of the Fèis Ìle Committee.
Visitors will be charged £25 for entry via tickets on the official Fèis Ìle website; https://www.islayfestival.com/festival-programme/
All paying visitors will be provided with a Glencairn glass to keep and use to receive their drams, and will be able to purchase bottles of whisky direct from the exhibitors.
Dramfool will be releasing an official Fèis Ìle bottling for purchase at the event, a 14 year old first fill sherry hogshead of Port Charlotte.
Stovies, oatcakes & Scottish cheddar, Clootie Dumpling, Shortbread, Cranachan and other refreshments will be available to purchase from the adjoining kitchen run by the Ladies from St. John’s Church.
Several masterclasses will also be hosted at the festival and will be announced on the Islay Festival website in the run up to the event. The first announced is a Wemyss Malts masterclass in which several of their peaty malt whiskies and new single casks releases will be tasted. Attendees will also help produce a limited edition Peat Chimney malt whisky live at the tasting to bottle and take home.
Confirmed Exhibitors are;
Tickets are available for purchase directly from the Islay Festival website: BOOK NOW
For any further information regarding the Indie Whisky Fèis Ìle please email enquiries@islayfestival.com or visit www.islayfestival.com/festival-programme/
Bowmore Hall, Main Street, Bowmore, Scotland
With both the Campbeltown and Islay whisky festivals happening this week, we’re encouraging members to get involved. Join the fun at the festivals, sign up for one of our tastings or if you can’t travel share a dram with fellow members across the globe by taking part in our virtual tasting.
We’re also releasing our celebratory festival bottlings, get ready to grab yours. Set an alarm for these dates and times…
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ
Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information
This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!
Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video
How would you like to be at The Open 2019?
The Open returns to Royal Portrush this year and together with Loch Lomond Whiskies, we’re giving you the chance to be there!
Experience the thrill of the 148th Open at Royal Portrush as golf’s oldest, most international and one of the most prestigious championships in the world returns after 68 years with the world’s greatest players competing for the Claret Jug.
To be in with a chance of attending the sold out Open Championship 2019, buy either Loch Lomond 12 Year Old, Loch Lomond 19 Year Old Royal Portrush, Loch Lomond The Open Special Edition, Inchmoan 12 Year Old or Inchmurrin 12 Year Old, between now and Sunday 30th June. You’ll then be entered into our prize draw.
The full prize package includes:
Top Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Scroll down to take a closer look at the best of Loch Lomond Whiskies…
Loch Lomond 12 Year Old
Aged in three types of cask – bourbon, refill and re-charged – this 12 year old Highland Single Malt is perfectly balanced with a deep fruity character of peach and pear and the characteristic hints of peat and smoke found in Loch Lomond Whiskies.
The nose offers crisp green apple, ripe pear and refreshing citrus lemon with notes of golden cereal lurking underneath. The palate is deeply fruity with lemon meringue, pear and orchard fruits leading to citrus lemon, vanilla and light biscuit. The finish is medium with gentle wood smoke and a lingering peaty tang.
‘…so succulent! Never before seen spice like it, or such sublime balance with the fruity malt…’ – Jim Murray, Whisky Bible 2017
Loch Lomond 12 is one of our customer favourites!
70cl / 46 % abv
Part of The Open Course Collection from Loch Lomond Whiskies, the official Spirit of the Open, this Highland single malt has been matured in American oak casks from the distillery’s own cooperage for at least 19 years. This expression was created in collaboration with 2011 Open Champion golfer, Darren Clarke, whose signature it bears. Bottled at 50.3% abv, this expression has the characteristic fruitiness of Loch Lomond Whiskies, with a rich mouth-feel and sweet notes of honey and tropical fruits.
70cl / 50.3% abv
Inchmoan 12 Year Old
Part of Loch Lomond Whiskies’ peated Island Collection, Inchmoan, this 12 year old Highland single malt is born of a unique combination of whisky from a traditional swan neck pot still and whisky from a straight neck pot still.
The result is an unconventional peat character with great depth, marrying smoke and spice. Sweeter vanilla aspects from re-charred America oak and refill bourbon casks complement the soft peat style of Loch Lomond’s unique still set up.
The nose has smouldering peat with vanilla syrup and cracked black pepper. The palate is sweet with medicinal peat notes, smoked bacon, roasted coffee beans, cloves and star anise, before a fruity green apple and pear character develops. The finish is long with waxy peat and gooseberry citrus.
Inchmoan 12 Year Old is another of our Customer Favourites.
70cl / 46% abv
Inchmurrin 12 Year Old
As unique as the “grassy isle” for which it is named, this 12 year old expression from Loch Lomond Distillery is aged in bourbon, refill, and recharred casks, married together to create this fruity and sweet Highland Single Malt. The nose is distinctively fruity with pear drops and toffee sweetness, light notes of freshly cut hay emerging. The palate builds in intensity with seville oranges before mellowing to peach and apricots, giving way eventually to creamy vanilla fudge, before a medium and peppery finish.
70cl / 46% abv
Loch Lomond Whiskies have released their very special “Distillers Cut” edition to celebrate their partnership with The Open. Loch Lomond Master Blender Michael Henry has hand selected a combination of spirits from Loch Lomond’s unique straight neck pot stills,
Matured in three types of American oak casks and managed by Loch Lomond’s own onsite cooperage, this is a beautifully balanced whisky with hints of peaty smoke.
The nose has soft fruits, peach and pear, with vanilla syrup. The palate; Sweet and fruity. Honey and peach, some orange citrus and creamy vanilla with a medium length finish.
To be in with a chance of winning two tickets to the sold out Open Championship, purchase either Loch Lomond 12 Year Old, Loch Lomond 19 Year Old Royal Portrush, Loch Lomond The Open Special Edition (coming soon), Inchmoan 12 Year Old or Inchmurrin 12 Year Old, between now and Sunday 30th June. You’ll then be entered into our prize draw. Winners will be drawn shortly after and notified.
Good luck!
Selected by & bottled exclusively for Loch Fyne Whiskies in celebration of the 2019 Islay Festival
Part of the famed Old Malt Cask series from family-run bottler Hunter Laing & Co., this single cask expression was distilled at Bowmore on Islay in December 2001. Matured for 17 years in a single refill barrel, it was bottled in May 2019 at a natural cask strength of 55.6% abv – higher than the usual preferred strength of Old Malt Cask bottlings. Limited to only 120 bottles get your hands on this Loch Fyne Whiskies exclusive and celebrate the Islay Festival in a richt good fashion!
70cl / 50% abv
Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the Antiquary range of blended whisky from Tomatin along with a few new releases. These new releases include the yet to released UK exclusive 12 year old French Oak finish.
Formal permission for plans to create a global flagship visitor experience for Johnnie Walker have been granted by The City of Edinburgh Council Planning Committee.
Announced today, plans to create a global flagship visitor experience for Johnnie Walker, the world’s most popular global whisky brand, have taken a major stride forward with official approval from local authorities in Edinburgh. The Johnnie Walker visitor experience is the focal point of our £150 million investment in Scotch whisky tourism, announced last April. This is the biggest single investment programme ever seen in the whisky tourism sector. The application for the venue has been approved, which is expected to create between 160 to 180 new full-time equivalent jobs and to generate in the region of £135 million in tourism spend in the wider Edinburgh economy.
David Cutter, Chairman of Diageo in Scotland, said: “This is another significant step forward in our journey to create an inspiring flagship destination for Johnnie Walker.
“We have had great support for our proposals from local stakeholders and businesses in Edinburgh and we are grateful to everyone who has helped us to get to this stage. We will continue to work with the local community as we now progress with construction and with making our plans a reality.”
Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo Global Scotch Whisky Director, said: “We are incredibly excited by our plans for the Johnnie Walker visitor experience in Edinburgh where people can explore, discover, and immerse themselves in story of the world’s leading whisky brand.
“We have ambitious plans to make this a truly world-leading attraction, drawing people from the four corners of the globe to Scotland and to give them an unforgettable experience in Scotch whisky and Scottish culture.”
The plans for the attraction include:
Diageo is currently investing over £185 million in Scotch whisky experiences in Scotland. As well as the Edinburgh location, the company is also investing to transform its existing 12 distillery visitor attractions across Scotland and a £35 million investment to reopen the iconic distilleries of Port Ellen and Brora.
Just this week plans to bring the iconic Port Ellen Distillery on Islay back to life were formally submitted to local authorities.
Merchants of Pleasure and La Maison Du Whisky start partnership for Hong‐Kong.
Hong Kong based Merchants of Pleasure announce strategic partnership to develop key Asian
markets of Hong Kong and shortly after Thailand with Paris based La Maison du Whisky.
May 14, 2019 – PARIS/HONG KONG
The partnership will include, the exclusive distribution of the following La Maison du Whisky brands portfolio in Hong‐Kong: LMDW exclusive whisky bottlings and annual special editions. Additional brands will soon be integrated as part of this partnership for which the announcement is yet to be done.
Mr. Thierry Benitah, CEO of La Maison du Whisky “‘’We are delighted to start a partnership with Merchants of Pleasure in Hong‐Kong. They believe in our brand philosophy and the strength of our company name La Maison du Whisky. We are confident that our company and our brand exclusivities will have a powerful platform in the future upon which to grow in the Asian markets.’’
Merchants of Pleasure Founder Mr. Stephane Michel “We are extremely excited about this new venture and are proud to join forces with a group with the prestige of La Maison du Whisky. Their amazing products and years of experience in the industry combined with our in‐depth knowledge of the Asian markets, contacts and infrastructure will result in a very strong offering for the regional scene of our industry.”
About La Maison du Whisky (LMDW) :
La Maison du Whisky was founded in 1956 by Georges Benitah in Paris and today under his son Thierry has grown to be regarded as one of the finest international distributors of premium spirits. Their yearly releases of limited‐edition products in several categories, as well as their private collections, are highly sought after by collectors and aficionados around the world. LMDW organizes Whisky Live in Paris every year, one of the world’s most recognized whisky events.
About Merchants of Pleasure (MOP):
Merchants of Pleasure was formally launched in Hong Kong by the Michel Brothers in 2014 and specializes in premium distribution across all channels of the supply chain throughout the Asia‐Pacific region. Today MOP represents over 60 brands across many categories and its portfolio is continuously evolving as a platform to promote special and unique products from around the world…always with a passion.
Inquiries: pr@merchantsofpleasure.com (Merchants of Pleasure), export@lmdw.com (LMDW)
Campbeltown Malts Festival 2019
Full Schedule
The Campbeltown Malts Festival 2019 will commence in a few days time and staff here at J&A Mitchell & Co are looking forward to welcoming our visitors from across the globe to our distilleries next week. Preparations are well underway in Campbeltown as all hands are on deck to get the place looking its best ahead of all the fun which will take place.
As well as the events which will be held by Springbank, Glengyle and Cadenhead’s, a wide range of other local businesses will also be hosting events. The below information aims to include all events which will be taking place over the festival week. Please see the day to day break-down below:
Monday 20th May 2019
11am & 2pm: Historic Walking Tours
Campbeltown Heritage Trail Group will be conducting historic walking tours of the town as part of the Campbeltown Malts Festival celebrations on Monday and Tuesday next week. These tours give a great insight into Campbeltown’s fascinating history and rich heritage. The tours will be free of charge and conducted by local volunteers, Alex McKinven and John Bakes. Lasting approximately 1 hour, the tours finish off with a wee dram at Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop. Booking in advance is essential – please email festival@springbank.scot to book your place asap.
5:30pm: Whisky Impressions Davaar Island Dramble (FULLY BOOKED)
Tuesday 21st May 2019
11am & 2pm: Historic Walking Tours
As mentioned above, Campbeltown Heritage Trail Group will be conducting historic walking tours of the town in collaboration with the Campbeltown Malts Festival celebrations on Monday and Tuesday next week. These tours give a great insight into Campbeltown’s fascinating history and rich heritage. The tours will be free of charge and conducted by local volunteers, Alex McKinven and John Bakes. Lasting approximately 1 hour, the tours finish off with a wee dram at Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop. Booking in advance is essential – please email festival@springbank.scot to book your place asap.
4pm: Whisky Impressions Liquid History Tour
Discover Campbeltown’s distilling past and present on this guided walking tour around the town. There will be pit stops at a local hostelry or two for some liquid refreshment along the way! There are limited places left for this tour so be quick in booking your place by following this link – whisky impressions
5:30pm: Cadenhead Club Member Tasting in the Malt Barns at Springbank Distillery (FULLY BOOKED)
8pm: Campbeltown Picture House presents the film ‘Scotch: The Golden Dram’
To celebrate the Campbeltown Malts Festival, Campbeltown Picture house are showing “Scotch: The Golden Dram” on Tuesday. A member of the Springbank & Kilkerran Sales Team will be on hand from 7:15pm to serve some complementary drams from both distilleries before the film starts. A great way to round off your Tuesday evening! For the film synopsis and booking information, please click here
Wednesday 22nd May 2019
10am – 6pm: Glen Scotia Open Day
Glen Scotia Distillery will be hosting their annual Open Day at the distillery on Wednesday and will also be hosting other events throughout the week. For the most up to date information of events taking place, visit www.glenscotia.com.
11:30am: Springbank Society Member Tasting in the Malt Barns at Springbank Distillery (FULLY BOOKED)
7pm: The Glengyle Distillery Dinner (FULLY BOOKED)
Evening: Hotel Dinners & Whisky Tastings
Those of you who missed out on a place at our Distillery Dinner on Wednesday evening may be interested to learn that we have teamed up with the Craigard House Hotel and the Ardshiel Hotel to offer a special whisky dinners and tastings on Wednesday evening. As you may know, people at our Distillery Dinner each receive a bottle of whisky chosen from a selection of casks by the guests themselves. While we can’t offer all attendees at the hotel dinners a bottle, a member of the Springbank/Kilkerran Sales & Marketing Team will be on hand to let you taste the same whiskies that are being enjoyed at the distillery. As a further bonus, all attendees at both hotels will be entered into a prize draw and one lucky person at each dinner will win a bottle of the whisky chosen by the group at the Glengyle Dinner, making these a very interesting alternative option.
Spaces at both dinners are limited so if you would like to book a place please call them ASAP on the below telephone numbers:
Craigard House Hotel: +44 (0) 1586 554242
Ardshiel Hotel: +44 (0) 1586 552133
Thursday 23rd May 2019
The Springbank Open Day will take place on Thursday 23rd May. Events begin at 10:30am when the sale of our special Open Day bottles will commence and the day will feature a range of attractions including:
From 4pm-9pm, we will have a range of local musical artists performing in the yard. This will kick off at 4pm with Hope Strang followed by young local band Western Sound who will play from 4:30pm-6pm. Around 6pm, Kintyre Schools Pipe Band will entertain the crowd with their talent and then to finish proceedings from 7pm-9pm, Rhuvaal will perform. In addition to the music, from 6:45pm, we will see the return of the ever popular Spooks Tour through the haunted warehouses at Springbank! Food and drink will also be available throughout the evening. Events at Springbank will conclude at 9pm.
Bookable on the Day Tastings
Unfortunately all our advance booking tastings are already fully booked but please don’t fret! We will be hosting 3 events which will be bookable on the day, details of which can be found below:
12:30pm & 2:45pm: Malting Demonstrations – Free
Watch a member of our production team demonstrate our traditional malting process while enjoying a dram of one of our most popular whiskies. These free events serve as an excellent opportunity to learn about Springbank and maybe even try turning the barley yourself! Tickets are only available to book on the day so make sure you head straight for the ticket point (located in our main marquee) to book and collect your tickets.
1pm: Springbank Tasting – £30.00
Only available to book on the day, you can join one of our Sales Team in enjoying a selection of drams from across the Springbank range, from old favourites to the most recent releases. Whether you are new to Springbank or an old hand, this tasting has something for everyone. Tickets can be purchased from our ticket point (located in our main marquee) on the day.
Information on Pre-Booked Tastings – Venues and Times
If you were successful in purchasing tickets via Eventbrite, please bring proof of purchase with you (print the information or show confirmation email on your phone). Below is a reminder of the tastings with their start time, venue and entry time. Please take note of this so that you know where to go on the day.
| Time | Event Name | Location | Venue Entry Time |
| 11:30am | The Hazelburn Breakfast Tasting | Springbank Malt Barns | From 11:15am |
| 11:30am | The Art (and Science) of Maturation | Warehouse 4 | From 11:25am |
| 12:30pm | Springbank Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 3 | From 12:15pm |
| 1:30pm | The Directors’ Cut (or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) – The Sequel | Springbank Malt Barns | From 1:15pm |
| 2:30pm | Springbank Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 3 | From 2:15pm |
| 2:30pm | Springbank Distillers Single Cask Tasting | Warehouse 4 | From 2:25pm |
| 3:30pm | Springbank; New and Forthcoming Releases | Springbank Malt Barns | From 3:15pm |
| 4pm | Springbank Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 3 | From 3:45pm |
*** Warehouses 3 and 4 are located just behind the main distillery office at Springbank. There will be signs to direct you to both warehouses on the day.
Springbank Open Day Bottlings
As mentioned above, we will have three bottlings which will be bottled especially for the Springbank Open Day 2019.
The first is a very special Hazelburn 21 year old which has been matured in a Refill Sherry Hogshead. This will be bottled at 46% ABV with only 222 bottles available. This will retail at £250.00 on the day and will be limited to 1 bottle per transaction.
The next is a Springbank 8 year old which has been matured in Fresh Sherry casks. This will be bottled at 56.8% ABV and there will be 1100 bottles available. This will retail at £65.00 and will be limited to 2 bottles per transaction.
Our third special Open Day bottling is a Longrow 15 year old which has been matured exclusively in First Fill Rum casks. This will be bottled at 52.4% ABV, with 911 bottles available. The retail price will be £75.00 and will be limited to 2 bottles per transaction.
Campbeltown Picture House Tours
In addition to our busy schedule on Thursday, Campbeltown Picture House will also be hosting free tours of the cinema on Thursday morning at 10am and 11:30am. If you’ve not seen it before, this is a great chance to see the refurbishment work that has been carried out on the cinema (back before its reopening in 2017).
Friday 24th May 2019
The final day of the Campbeltown Malts Festival 2019 will be dedicated to Mitchell’s Glengyle Distillery, home of Kilkerran Single Malt, and Wm Cadenhead’s Independent Bottler.
Our Friday events will mainly take place at Glengyle Distillery where the gates will open at 10:30am when the sale of our Kilkerran Open Day bottling will begin. This special bottle is a 15 year old Kilkerran which has been matured in Refill Bourbon casks. This will be bottled at 57.1% ABV with only 630 bottles available. This will retail at £75.00 and will be limited to 2 bottles per transaction. Throughout the day there will be:
Events at Glengyle will conclude around 5pm.
Tastings
Most of our advance booking tastings are already fully booked but there are still some limited spaces left on our Evolution of Kilkerran Tasting at 11:30am.
During this tasting you will get the opportunity to experience the evolution of Kilkerran. Be part of the journey, sampling some of the earliest Work in Progress bottlings, present day releases and a glimpse into the future with the headline Kilkerran event of the day.
Tickets for this are £30.00 and can be purchased from our ticket stand in the yard on Friday. They will also be available to buy in advance on Thursday from the Springbank marquee ticket point.
Information on Pre-Booked Tastings – Venues and Times
If you were successful in purchasing tickets via Eventbrite, please bring proof of purchase with you (print out your ticket or show the confirmation email on your phone). Below is a reminder of the tastings with their start time, venue and entry time. Please take note of this so that you know where to go on the day.
| TIme | Event Name | Location | Venue Entry Time |
| 10am | Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 7 | From 9:45am |
| 10:15am | Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 9 | From 10am |
| 10:30am | Cadenhead Alternative Tasting | Glengyle Filling Store | From 10:20am |
| 11:30am | The Evolution of Kilkerran Tasting | Glengyle Bottle Store | From 11:15am |
| 12pm | The “Wee” Cadenhead Tasting | Glengyle Filling Store | From 11:50am |
| 1:30pm | Kilkerran Alternative Tasting | Glengyle Filling Store | From 1:20pm |
| 2:30pm | Cadenhead Masterclass | Glengyle Bottle Store | From 2:15pm |
| 2:30pm | Kilkerran Warehouse Tasting | Glengyle Malt Barns | From 2:15pm |
| 3:30pm | Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 7 | From 3:15pm |
| 3:45pm | Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting | Warehouse 9 | From 3:30pm |
| 4pm | Kilkerran Warehouse Tasting | Glengyle Malt Barns | From 3:45pm |
*** Warehouses 7 and 9 are located at Springbank Distillery. Please meet at the Springbank Distillery Office and a member of staff will guide you to the warehouses.
*** For tastings taking place in the Glengyle Filling Store, Glengyle Bottle Store and Glengyle Malt Barns, signs will help direct you on the day.
Other Notable Information
Traffic Delays
We know that many of you will be travelling to the town by road over the next 7 days.
Please be aware that there are roadworks scheduled to be taking place during this time so please consult the Traffic Scotland website for full details. However, at the time of writing it appears that all works that may affect visitors travelling south to Campbeltown are minor in nature and are unlikely to cause any great delay. Specifically, there are minor works planned at Inverary, (just south of) Lochgilphead and between Clachan and Tayinloan – none of these are expected to significantly add to your journey time, however please continue to check with Traffic Scotland in case this changes. Nevertheless, it is advisable that you leave a little extra time to account for unforeseen delays – we don’t want you to miss out on anything!
Collecting bottles from the Cadenhead Shop
The staff at the Cadenhead Shop have asked that if you have bottles stored with them, then please make an effort to collect them as soon as possible – preferably as soon as you arrive.
As the shop will be incredibly busy at times throughout the festival, the team would like to do what they can to make everyone’s festival experience enjoyable and this includes any time you spend in the Cadenhead shop. We appreciate your cooperation.
Collecting Society and Cadenhead Club bottles
Members that have Society or Cadenhead Club bottles to collect can pick them up from the Distillery Shop (not the Cadenhead shop on Union Street). Please let us know if you intend to collect your bottle(s) so we can make sure they are ready for you!
Society: society@springbank.scot
Club: club@cadenhead.scot
Whiskyopolis Exhibition
Campbeltown Heritage Centre will be open Monday – Friday from around 11am-4pm each day (times may vary slightly). Following the launch of their special Whiskyopolis exhibition last year, they would love to welcome visitors to see their display and teach people about the history of distilling in Campbeltown.
Doors Open Day
The Lorne & Lowland Church are having an Open Doors Day on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May and all visitors to the town are welcome to pop in.
We think that is all for now…anyone who managed to read that deserves to pour themselves a large dram!
For more information on any of the above events, please email festival@springbank.scot or call +44 (0) 1586 552009.
Slainte,
The J&A Mitchell Team
