Springbank 30 Year Old Countdown Collection Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl

Springbank 30 Year Old Countdown Collection Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl

1 of 1900 bottles

This year’s release of Springbank 30 is a mix of 85% bourbon casks, and 15% sherry casks. 1,900 bottles were released.

Nose

The nose opens with lovely light orchard fruits, the typical fresh apples and pears, with a hint of soft peach too. We're also finding candied lemon peel, saltwater, light toffee notes and vanilla cream. It's got quite a delicate nose, with hints of old oak furniture and dusty shelves. It noses its age, clearly older and softer, with most of the Springbank peat having dissipated over the years. Time and air brings out a bit more of the sherry character with some fresh red currants and a hint of worn leather. There's also the classic dunnage mustiness that we've come to expect from this distillery.

Palate

The palate opens with lots of fruity, sugary sweets, it's like stepping into an old school candy store. Apple, orange, pear, alongside a little guava too, with some sponge cake and vanilla frosting coming through. The palate then develops into more of an earthy, rich, honeycomb and toffee flavour with an underlying smoke that carries through into the good length finish. The mouthfeel is good, you can tell the reduction to 46% was only a few steps down from the natural cask strength of the barrels that went into the vatting. Time and air accentuates the smoke on the palate, giving a bit more body to the dram.

Nose (with water)

The reduced nose has a bit more citrus poking through, lemon water, a little mint essence, even a touch of roasted pineapple. The nose is still quite subtle, but carries on with the sugar sweetness and soft cakeiness. The hints of sherry have mostly been replaced with biscuitier aromas, fresh shortbread fingers and digestive biscuits.

Palate (with water)

The reduced palate maintains most of the same fruity sweets, but the palate becomes significantly richer and more sherry forward as it develops - we're getting spoonfuls of nutella spread, chocolate coated raisins and Medjool dates. The mouthfeel and finish remain mostly unchanged, perhaps a little drier on the finish than before. For us, the dram doesn't need any water.

Conclusion

We look forward to the yearly release of Springbank 30 as it's consistently great whisky, and this one follows the trend. The 2025 release is chock full of fruit, candy and a little smoke to keep you coming back. We will say that it seems a little less.. exciting than other years, slightly less complex, but it's undeniably delicious.

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47.3% ABV

70cl