I’m excited to enclose details of the confirmed tastings and masterclasses which will take place during the Campbeltown Malts Festival, running from Wednesday 20th – Friday 22nd May 2015.

As always, the Springbank Open Day will take place on the Thursday (21st) and we will offer a range of masterclasses and warehouse tastings on the day. In addition to the Thursday tastings, we will be running a Society Tasting on the Wednesday (20th) and a couple of Cadenhead Warehouse Tastings on the Friday (22nd) – more details of all these are listed further down this email.

Glen Scotia will be holding their Open Day on the Wednesday meaning all events on that day (other than the Society Tasting and dinner in the evening) will be taking place over at Glen Scotia. They are currently undergoing some major renovations at the distillery and are also installing a shop and tasting area which is looking great (I’ve peeked in the window on my way past!!) All the work will be finished before the festival so it will be great opportunity for them to show off their new look. They will hold tours and masterclasses throughout the day and are just in the final stages of confirming their events so as soon as I have this information then I will forward it onto you.

Friday will be a more relaxed day with a couple of Cadenhead Warehouse Tastings and a few other events which will be announced in the coming weeks.

The break down of our confirmed tastings and masterclasses are listed below:

Wednesday 20th May 2015 

At 1pm on the Wednesday, we will be holding an exclusive tasting for Society Members to attend for free. This will take place at 1pm in the Malt Barns at Springbank Distillery and once again, members will be given the power to chose which whisky we will bottle for the Autumn Society bottling this year. The tasting will be limited to a maximum of 60 people and I imagine spaces will fill up very quickly so please let me know asap if you would like to attend.

Thursday 21st May 2015 

12pm:   Kilkerran Masterclass with Jenny Karlsson

12.30pm:   The Distillery Manager’s Springbank Warehouse Tasting with Gavin McLachlan

1.30pm:   Springbank Masterclass with Ranald and guests

2.30pm:   The Distillery Manager’s Springbank Warehouse Tasting with Gavin McLachlan

3pm:  Cadenhead Masterclass with Mark Watt and Martin Mccallum

4.30pm:   The Distillery Manager’s Springbank Warehouse Tasting with Gavin McLachlan

Each masterclass costs £25.00 per person which includes a Glencairn glass and each is limited to 60 people.

Each Springbank Warehouse Tasting costs £20.00 per person (4 drams) and each is limited to 25 people.

Friday 22nd May 2015 

12pm:   Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting with Mark Watt

3pm:   Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting with Mark Watt

Each Cadenhead Warehouse Tasting costs £25.00 per person (6 drams) and is limited to 25 people.

If you would like to book onto any of the tastings listed above then please let me know as soon as possible. It would be best to email my other email address (mairi@springbankwhisky.com) so that I can keep all festival emails together. I expect quite a high volume of emails to come in over the weekend which may take a few days to get through so thank you in advance for your patience and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

Have a great weekend!

Best regards,

Mairi

Mairi Paterson
For the Springbank Society

To join the Springbank Society please contact them at

society@springbankwhisky.com