Parent Brand Profile - J and A Mitchell and Company
J and A Mitchell and Company
About
J&A Mitchell & Co operates Springbank and Glengyle distilleries in Campeltown, and also owns the independent bottler William Cadenhead. Three different styles of Springbank are produced and released as single malts, namely the ‘standard’ two-and-a-half times-distilled Springbank; a double-distilled heavily-peated single malt by the name of Longrow, produced since the mid-1970s; and an unpeated, triple-distilled single malt called Hazelburn which was first distilled in 1997. Glengyle single malt is marketed under the Kilkerran name.
J and A Mitchell and Company Family of Whisk(e)y Brands
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What you smell and taste in a whisky is highly subjective.
Even the pros do not always agree on the tasting notes. Therefore, we have combined the tasting notes from several sources into a cross-section of the most likely Nose, Palate, and Finish to find the commonalities between two whiskies. We use the Aroma Wheel with its concentric circles of increasingly specific tastes and smells (general in the center; more specific the further out you go) to find Exact, Secondary, and General matches between two whiskies. We also take into account other factors such as ABV, region, and price (used as a rough proxy for quality). We then weight each factor based on what we believe to be the approximate importance it has in determining whether two whiskies are similar.
We're all different.
Again, we cannot stress enough that what you smell and taste in a whisky is likely going to be different than the person you're drinking it with. Whisky Mates is meant to be a guide to help you find what you like drinking, using the best methodologies available. In the end, rely on your own palate to tell you what you like and don't like.
