Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Limbury Fair

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 12 YO Claret

The reviewed sample is compliments of @Nozinan Nose: gentle, sweet, high-pitched Claret wine greets first and dominates the nose. Along with the grape there is a little tangerine marmalade. The Springbank brine shows itself but is muted. There is a little bit of peat, mostly gently incorporated in a supporting role. Nice Water added raises the...

Score 89/100

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 12 Year Old Cask Strength

This bottle replaces my previous batch at just over 54%. I only really started to appreciate it a year after opening, and by the time I had my last dram I was wishing I had a couple more bottles. This bottle was opened in early to mid January and has been gassed after each pour. This is my fourth or fifth taste. It has been a different dram each...

Score 87/100