To the members of the Springbank Society
Hi everyone, how are we all doing? Hope your summer is rather sunnier than here in Campbeltown. We are all hard at work at Springbank Towers and we have exciting times coming soon.
It is time for another Society Quarterly – many of you know what these usually entail but for any new members we shall give a quick summery.
Society Quarterlies are released 4 times a year, roughly (very roughly) 3 months apart, and are larger and more expansive that the standard Society newsletter. For example, in this quarterly we shall touch upon topics like Society bottles, trips that the sales team are going on, upcoming releases, a message from our friends at WM Cadenhead’s and a reminder on how you can follow us online or get in touch with us.
We shall start with a “heads up” regarding upcoming releases. Please note that this email is not intended as an announcement email or as a society newsflash and all distillery releases will get their own Society Newsflash at the time of release. Current/upcoming releases
Springbank 12yo cask strength, 56.5% – Available to purchase from 8th August. There will be a Society Newsflash next week to provide you all with details of this release.
SB14yo Bourbon Wood – This cask strength limited edition whisky will be released worldwide in mid-September. Upcoming events and tastings
This section is dedicated to the trips, travels, events and tastings undertaken by our diligent and knowledgeable sales team. This should (in theory) take us up to the date of the next quarterly.
August
11th – 13th: Edinburgh Whisky Fringe (David, Grant, Melanie and Ronan are all participating over the weekend)
19th: The Whisky Social, Falkirk (Grant)
September
1st-2nd: Manchester Whisky Lounge (Grant)
1st-2nd: Berlin Whisky Messe Herbst (Melanie)
4th-11th: Japan tour, including Modern Malt Osaka, 5th, and Modern Malt Tokyo, 8th (David)
26th-29th: France tasting Tour (Melanie)
30th-2nd Oct: Whisky Exchange Whisky Show, London (David, Grant, Ronan)
October
6th-7th: Palexpo Genève (Melanie). Please note, this event is for Glengyle/Kilkerran only.
10th-14th: Denmark Tasting Tour (Ronan)
12th: M&P Festival, Forteca, Warsaw (Melanie)
13th: Tasting in aid of Marie Curie at Fairley Wines, Coleraine, N. Ireland (David)
14th-15th: Budapest Whisky Show (Melanie)
20th: Bar & Spirits Festival, Vienna (Melanie)
21st: The Wee Dram, Bakewell (Grant)
28th: Dornoch Whisky Festival (Grant)
29th: Tasting, Willow Park, Calgary, Canada (Melanie)
November
1st: Willow Park Whisky Festival, Calgary, Canada (Melanie)
4th: Co-Op Whisky Festival, Calgary, Canada (Melanie)
4th-5th: Whisky Messe, Villingen, Germany (Ronan)
Please note that these events are subject to change.
Society bottles
Thankfully, most people have their Springbank 9yo Sauternes society bottles by now or have made arrangements regarding collection or delivery however, there are a few people who have not made those arrangements. In particular, if you asked for your bottle(s) to be sent to any of the European Cadenhead shops but have not collected them please make sure the staff know your intentions.
So if you asked for your Society order to be sent to Cologne, Berlin, Odense, Salzburg or Baden and have not collected your bottle(s) please contact the relevant shop. If you are unsure if this applies to you please email society@springbank.scot and we shall try to answer any questions you have.
Society section of the Website
If you haven’t signed up for the Society section of the website please do so whenever you have some time. As well as being a useful insurance policy to guard against not receiving a Society email (we upload the newsletters to the society section after we send them out to you guys) but it also gives you access to the occasional society blog or distillery update too.
Of course, the most important information will continue to be emailed but other day-to-day news will be added to the website.
I would urge all members to register for an online account to keep up to date with the news as it happens. To create an account please follow these instructions:
- Go to www.springbank.scot
- Click on the ‘Society’ tab along the top of the page
- Click on the ‘Confirm Log-In Details’ orange tab
- Please enter all the information that is required
- Once you have submitted this information, a notification should be displayed to tell you that an email has been sent to your given email address and it will ask you to verify this email address
- Please open this email in your email account and click the link to verify your email
- Once you have done this, I will receive a notification informing me that a new member has signed up to the website so I will then activate your account for online use
- When your account has been activated, you will be able to read all news stories in the Society section. To log in, just click the ‘Log-In to Society News’ tab where you will just be asked to enter your username and password for access.
Message from WM Cadenhead’s
As some of you may know, WM Cadenhead’s recently released their shop single casks to celebrate their 175th anniversary and they have asked us to include a message to you all in this newsletter:
Hopefully many of you are currently enjoying some of the amazing whiskies we released this week as part of the Cadenhead’s 175th anniversary celebrations, the highlight undoubtedly being the launch of the single casks bottled for each of our shops.
It has come to our attention that one complete set of the 10 casks bottled in the collection has already found its way into the hands of an auction site and it’s fair to say that we’re disappointed that such an incident has occurred. As most of you know, we do not condone the process of flipping – buying bottles just to sell them on immediately – and while we appreciate that many people build whisky collections for a number of reasons, it’s saddening that some people take advantage of our excellent whiskies and reasonable pricing just to try and turn a quick profit. In this case, an auction house managed to take possession of some of these bottles before some shops had even been able to put theirs on sale which no doubt most of you will find as frustrating as we do.
The UK Cadenhead’s shops took a joint decision this week to each sell 12 complete sets of the 10 casks bottled in the series, making 36 in total, and it’s a shame that at least one of these sets will end up turning a profit at auction rather than being in the hands of someone who who will properly appreciate what they have. We are always keen to ensure that our bottlings are distributed as fairly as possible and in future, in cases where we are able to identify flippers (not genuine collectors and certainly not people who buy our whisky to drink), we will ensure that those people do not get access to any special releases before the rest of our members.
Malt Barns
Our Malt Barns are currently being renovated and are therefore out of action for a few weeks. This work will be completed in approximately 7 weeks time and we shall keep all of our followers up to date with developments on our Social media outlets.
If you are visiting the distillery during the next few weeks while the work continues, please note that you will not be able to enter the Malt Barns as part of the distillery tour and that tour prices have been temporarily adjusted to reflect this. The details are contained on the attached poster.
Social Media
Before we finish, a quick reminder that you can follow us online through a variety of websites and social media channels.
Facebook – www.facebook.com/officialspringbankwhisky
Twitter – @Springbank1828
Instagram – @springbankwhisky1828
Also, we recently joined WeChat and you can find us under the name “Springbank Distillers” or by searching for SpringbankWhisky.
And, of course, you can always find us on the Springbank website – www.springbank.scot
Thank you for taking the time to read this Society Quarterly, hopefully you have found it informative.
If you have any questions, queries, concerns or comments please contact society@springbank.scot and we shall do our very best to get back to you as soon as possible. If you wish to join the Society please contact them ASAP ~ WI
As stated above, the next contact you shall have with us is early next week for the Springbank 12yo Cask Strength newsflash.
Until then…
Slainte
Springbank Sales Team and Staff of Springbank Towers
Springbank Society
Springbank Distillers
