Causeway Whiskey

Springbank likely needs no introduction. It is the darling of the scotch whisky world and the brand that flippers live for…. even ahead of Macallan. As appreciation and hype grew over the last few years things reached a zenith or a low depending on where you stand during the Covid years. Springbank became a holy grail of whisky consumers and especially of the flippers. Anything Springbank monikered was hoovered up as we all indulged in online shopping and most of it ended up on auction sites at vastly inflated prices. The Local Barley range and anything from the famous Springbank Cage literally could sell for anything between 5 to 10 times the RRP. Yes, it’s free market economics but the use of bots to hoover up online sales and the lack of bottles actually being opened was pretty soul destroying for us whisky enthusiasts. Retailers also got in on the action pricing bottles at secondary market prices just to avail of the Springbank feeding frenzy. Regular consumers of Springbank now f...