Springbank 1968 40 Year Old Regis Whisky Mad

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

The 12 years old Cask Strength releases from Springbank are very popular and rightfully so. They are great, each and every one of them. The first batch appeared in 2010, in 2020 the 21st batch was launched (which I was able to try before it was released). But today I have batch 19 from 2019 in my glass. It’s a vatting of 65% bourbon casks and 35%...

Score 86/100

Springbank Private Bottling For Distillery Visitors 2013

Yesterday I wrote a review of the Springbank 18 Year Old, and mentioned that we had visited the distillery just this past May. But I had completely forgotten about the little mini they gave us at the end of the tour, and dug it out tonight! This is only available to distillery visitors - the label gives no information (except that it was bottled...

Score 87/100

Springbank 10 Year Old 1998 Glengarry Cask Owners 453

This final cask, put down on 27th November 1998 was bottled by the Glengarry Cask Ownvers in April 2009. Due to a typo, the label says Fresh Sherry, while in fact it is a refill sherry. So it is best to compare it to casks 385 and 386, which was distilled the week before (20th November 1998). Again a whole lot of berries on the nose, but this...

Score 80/100

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