Springbank 10 Year Old Bottled 1980s 75cl

Springbank Sherry cask 1997 / Potstill Austria

Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles at 57.1 % ABV. Springbank 1997 single cask #296 for Potstill Austria, 57.1 % ABV , 216 btl Nose: A very nice mixture of both sweet sherry notes, and salty briny seaweed sort of...

Score 89/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

I picked this up around the same time last year (November) up along side the Glendronach 12 year old as a start into the "non-chill filtered" world of scotch. With that being said, this review will be based on my first encounter with a non-chill filtered whisky and equally important to note - a whisky that doesn't have any E 150 (colour)...

Score 92/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

The Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown was established in 1828 and is, together with Auchentoshan, the only distillery to employ triple distillation (although according to the Springbank website, it's two-and-a-half-times distillation). Apart from the Springbank whisky, they also produce the Longrow and Hazelburn here. This was my first whisky...

Score 84/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

Nose: Rich and gentle. Gentle peat, gentle salt, gentle honey, and some gentle sherried fruits. Some pear, apples, and melon. Balanced and smooth. Seems to have a bit of everything without any one element being overpowering. Lovely. Palate: Some nice oak. Light peat. Earthy, damp, natural peat. Ginger ale. Lemon cough drops. A bit of salt and the...

Score 82/100