Springbank 1966 Local Barley Cask# 474

Springbank 10 Year Old

I have heard many mixed reviews on this bottling, which in essence reflect its complexity. Every sip of every glass has presented something new to me so far. I highly recommend it.

Score 88/100

Springbank 10 Year Old 1998 Glengarry Cask Owners 385

Cask 385, a refill sherry cask, was put to sleep by Springbank in November 1998 and bottled by the Glengarry Cask Owners in April 2009. I am putting this head-to-head with sister cask 386, also refill sherry. It smells of red fruit. Think berries. Cranberries, juniper berries, even some cherries. It also sports something very buttery and again...

Score 83/100

Springbank 1997 1st Batch

Let me just start by explaining how this went down. This was the first of the more recent line of Springbank vintage releases. It's almost 10 years old, and aged in re-charred sherry casks for maximum effect in the shortest time. Either way, the whisky community was going nuts over this one, and I picked up a bottle, I didn't like it. At all. So...

Score 85/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

As promised (threatened in fact to be more accurate), my humble meandering thoughts over a dram of Springbank 10... Le couleur - Freshly cut hay, with a tint of… green!? A tone of gold, ripe wheat waving in the wind. Quite an unusual pantone, yet a lusterous sheen Ok, I was gonna write the whole review in rhyme… … but that’ll take to long. I...

Score 88/100