Fist of all, apologies for putting the details of the Springbank Open Day on the website before sending out the newsletter to everyone - no excuses!!
Hopefully you will forgive me when you see what we have planned for you.
SPRINGBANK
Open Day Thursday 24th May 2012
~ OFFICIAL OPENING 11 AM ~
Open day bottling from 2 single casks
Springbank Masterclasses with Frank McHardy & Gavin McLachlan £20 (including glass) 1.30 pm
Glengyle Maturation Masterclass with Ranald Watson £20 (including glass) 12.30 pm
Springbank Tasting & Food Pairing in the Tasting Room with Jenny Karlsson £25 (Nips & Nibs & glass) 11.30 am
Cadenhead Tasting in the Tasting Room with Grant Macpherson £20 (including glass) 3.15 pm
Tastings in the Warehouse £5 for 5 - all day
Free Tours - at arranged times during the day
Farmers Market with Food from Argyll
Tasty Treats from Auntie Mo
Seafood by McMillan Smokehouse
Craft Stalls including:
John Brown Wood Carving, Kintyre Candles, Kintyre Lampwork, Gigha’s Natural skincare, Kintyre Design, Photographic Club exhibition
Loch Fyne Ales
Music by Local Artistes
From 6.00 pm :
BBQ, Spooks tour, Live music, bar in the marquee
We are starting to get excited about it all, things are beginning to take shape, the casks have been chosen - I have not announced on the website the details of the casks as yet - that is for you to know before anyone. I am actually just waiting for tasting notes, so hopefully before the end of the newsletter I can add them in. We have a Longrow from 2002, so 10 years old and a Springbank from 2000, a 12 year old, and very nice they both are!!!
We have also chosen a new cask for the Society members, unfortunately it will not be bottled until June - this one is a Springbank 14 year old, which has had 7 years in a bourbon cask and 7 years in a port cask, really, really nice. Again, I am waiting for the tasting notes as I am sure you would like to know more than the fact that it’s really nice.
Following the Open Day we again are having the Society Golf Open, Friday 25th May. This year it will be played on the Machrihanish Golf Course, a Texas Scramble but it will not be a shotgun start like last year. Tee off times are from 9.06 am to 11.06 am with 8 minutes between teams. I have
copied the wording from the poster for you and will also attach the poster as a pdf.
SPRINGBANK SOCIETY GOLF OPEN FRIDAY 25th MAY
To book your tee time please telephone:
+44 (0) 1586 555492 or email: society@springbankwhisky.com
Entry for non members £31.00 (50% of normal green fee rate)
Prior notice is requested if you require either a Caddie or a Golf Cart
Teams of 4, Format Texas Scramble
Handicap allowance 10% of total combined team members’ handicap
Maximum handicap Men 18
Women 25
Prize giving is scheduled for 4.00 pm
Breakfast of bacon rolls and coffee and a carvery lunch following the competition will be available in the clubhouse at a cost of £15 per person
Whisky School:
The whisky school is running for 10 weeks this year from April, and as usual it is very popular. I am presently taking names for next year’s whisky school, so if you would like to put your name on the list for information when the dates are set please let me know and I will keep you informed.
Things have been very busy for us over the last few months, we have moved offices (twice for me) and are not yet settled as Ranald, Jenny and myself are only in temporary accommodation and will move again very soon - only up another flight of stairs, but still another move. This time we can settle in properly and get ourselves organised.
We have had a few new members of staff over the past few weeks and some people changing job roles in the company so a settling in period for lots of us but once we have settled down things will begin to run smoothly again.
Tasting Room
Donald from the Whisky Shop is now serving platters of local produce with some of the Whisky Tastings - I have a wee photograph of the table of ‘goodies’ from the first of the tastings -
We are sure that these will be popular during the busy season - and it will keep Donald out of mischief!!!
Distillery Update
Springbank Distillery commences production in two weeks time and will be in production until the 4th July, so a good opportunity for the public to see all the processes going on at the same time, during the whisky school we carry out malting, mashing and distilling.
Open Day Bottles - Tasting notes
Springbank - Sherry Cask
Colour: Gold
Nose: Salty, butter, toffee, briny and heather honey.
Palate: Nutty marzipan, peanut butter, floral and bubblegum.
Finish: Salty with hints of smoke - smoke on the water!
Longrow - Bourbon Cask
Colour: Amber
Nose: Egg nog, caramel, hazelnut paste, creamy and cut hay.
Palate: Soft around the edges, elegant smoke, nutty and cox apples.
Finish: Dry finish that tickles your taste buds, really nice with a drop of water in it!
and finally:
SOCIETY 14 YEAR OLD SPRINGBANK - Still to be bottled
Colour: Dark amber
Nose: Fruity, cantaloupe melon, tangerines, clementines, shortbread and icing.
Palate: Nougat, dark red forrest fruits, nutty, sweet and deliciously oily.
Finish: Loooooong finish, hints of peat evident a good honest Kintyre dram.
Well, that’s it for now - back to the Open Day organisation!!!
If you would like to book any of the masterclasses please email me, or just come along and join in the fun. We hope to see lots of you there, also if you would like to book the golf, again email me and I will add you to the list. I will send a further email with posters of Open day and Golf Open
SLĂINTE
