Springbank 1974 29 Year Old

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

I like my whisky at cask strength and I'm also appreciating younger whisky, some of the drams I've tried over 18yrs are for me too rich. The 18yo Springbank is excellent as is the 15yo (probably my favorite allrounder now) This 12yo CS is another great offering: I've added two teaspoons of water to open the dram up. The nose is a mix of flint, sea...

Score 90/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

For my first venture into the Springbank range I thought I’d start with the standard 10 year old. Lightly peated and 2 and half times distilled, this is matured 60:40 in bourbon and sherry casks respectively. Nose - Bonfire smoke, decomposing leaves, humus, hint of mushrooms, pine needles, pine nuts and old leather, brine, sea salt, malt vinegar...

Score 83/100

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength Claret Wood

I first tasted this expression in early 2011. I found it a bit challenging. A year later it was one of my favourite whiskies. I'm not sure if it was my palate or how it developed in the bottle, but I gained an appreciation for it. In Calgary over a couple of winters I managed to pick up a couple of bottles here and there of this one-off...

Score 90/100

Springbank 13 Year Old CS for The Nectar

This 13 Year Old Springbank was bottled for the Belgian market, ordered by The Nectar. Only 186 bottles were released. It is a single bourbon cask, bottled at a no nonsense 56,9% ABV. The nose is pretty similar to the Duncan Taylor NC² bottle I recently tried, meaning that it is pretty sweet. But there the comparison ends. Here I get, next to the...

Score 86/100