Springbank 15 Year Old Bottled 1970s

Springbank 12 Year Old 1997 Duncan Taylor NC²

This is an extremely pale Springbank, which undoubtedly points towards a bourbon cask. The label simply says ‘Aged 12 years in oak casks’. Doh! It was bottled by Duncan Taylor in their NC² range, meaning non chill-filtered and non coloured. In short: in its natural state. Strangely it also says ‘triple distilled’ on the label, while the lads at...

Score 83/100

Springbank 1997 12 Year Old Claret Wood

My last whisky review was of the Springbank 11 yr old Madeira Wood Cask Strength that I'd recently tried with my wife, brother and sister in law. We'd go to Helvetica, the local whisky bar, to try some new whiskies. Specifically in my case some new Campbeltown whiskies. Not having tried a decent selection of Campbeltown whiskies I was keen to...

Score 89/100

Springbank 19 Year Old 1996 for BYOB-C

The Lads of Lobland series already consist of a great Clynelish. Now this club brings us a wonderfully dark Springbank, clearly from a sherry cask. They shared the cask with the Dutch casQueteers who sold the remaining 160 bottles among their members. Nice label, by the way. I am going to take my time for this one. The nose is very fruity with the...

Score 89/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

Let it breathe. Let me say it again: Let. It. Breathe. This whisky needs time to open up. It's bottled at 46%, so it's strong. It's unchillfiltered and has no caramel colouring, if that kind of thing matters to you. Nose (undiluted): toffee, dried fruit (raisins?), light smoke, peat, vanilla, pears, leather, citrus (orange?), pine needles in the...

Score 91/100