Springbank 1994 Berry Brothers & Rudd

Springbank 10 Year Old 1998 Glengarry Cask Owners 386

This is the sister cask of refill sherry 385. It was also filled on 20th November 1998 and bottled in April 2009. So like the others in this series, it is a 10 Year Old. I am putting them head-to-head. Again I get berries on the nose, but less than on cask 385. This is more nutty and citrusy. Pomegranate too. And it has a milky side, no kidding....

Score 84/100

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 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 Local Barley 2018 9 Year Old

This is the only Springbank local barley I've managed to grab a bottle of. My attempts at grabbing other releases have not been succesful. They're available at auction at twice the RRP on release. But I stubbornly refuse to line a bottle flippers pockets. Anyway onto the whisky. I've had this bottle open for nearly a year. I've taken my time with...

Score 90/100