Springbank 15 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Springbank 1974 28 Year Old bottled Oct 2003

Springbank 2003 28y A friend gave me a sample, this is one of the most complex scotches I've had. It would take several tastings to get all that this Scotch has to offer. Tight legs in the glass. Nose: perfume, florist shop, red licorice, wheat cereal, zest, green apple, polish, wax, candied fruit, anise. Pallet: dry, red pepper, red licorice,...

Score 94/100

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

Thanks to the continued generosity of @wierdo, I am able to sample and enjoy what has become somewhat of a unicorn malt of late - a Springbank 12 cask strength! This is batch 19 (2019), bottled at 57.1% and is composed of 65% Bourbon and 35% Sherry Casks. Shall we begin? Neat: Nose - quite bready and orangey with a little peat, putty and barley...

Score 89/100

Springbank 19 Year Old single cask #482

This review is based on a sample, so first impressions only. Nose: Very earthy with a strong scent of asparagus, butter, dried fruit and motor oil! Body: Medium and oily. Palate: Earthly flavors mixed with citrus, coconut and very faint peat. Finish: Extremely long and warming with a strong tickling sensation on the tongue that lasts for...

Score 88/100

Springbank 9 Year Old 2004 Gaja Barolo

Springbank likes to experiment with casks. For this young malt they used Gaja Barolo wine casks. Barolo is an Italian red wine, in this case casks from the cellars of the world famous (for wine lovers at least) Angelo Gaja. It is a double maturation instead of a finish. After all, after 4 years of maturation on bourbon casks the whisky was...

Score 84/100