Springbank 12 Year Old 75cl

Springbank 21 Year Old Single Cask for Symposion House of Taste

I think we can we can all agree that Springbank 21 Year Old is a grand whisky. An instant classic, so to speak. However, there are quite a few 21 years old single casks out there and this is one of those, bottled in 2016. It’s a young sherry cask for Symposion House of Taste, a whisky club in Malmö, Sweden. Waxy nose! Stonefruit, a truckload of...

Score 88/100

Springbank 10 Year Old 100 Proof

Nose: We’re definitely in Campbeltown here : starting off with massive seaside brine and peat. Very coastal as can be expected. some leafy notes and also farmy ones. smoke and seaside spray a faint perfume of cucumbers. This is a big nose, pretty massive stuff. Palate: Wow. Powerful smoke and earthy peat on initial attack. Then briny turning...

Score 91/100

Springbank 23 Year Old 1996 Private Bottling

I was fortunate to try this Private Bottling a few weeks ago in a fabulous tasting with Michiel Wigman and Jeroen Koetsier. So once it became available to the public, I hurried to secure a bottle. It’s a fresh sherry hogshead. Brace yourself, for it’s a belter as the logo – reminiscent of the son of Krypton – suggests. ‘Nuff said. Dark and sweet...

Score 91/100

Springbank 2006 / 11 Year Old / Local Barley

This, launched in 2017, is the second of five annual "local barley" releases announced by Springbank in 2016. It comes after the first release, a 16-year old, that was brought to market in 2016. This second release was made with Bere barley from the Aros farm in Campbeltown and was entirely aged in ex-bourbon casks. The nose starts on a...

Score 87/100