Springbank 21 Year Old First Bottling of 21st Century

Springbank 10 Year Old 1998 Glengarry Cask Owners 399

This cask, number 399, was distilled on 20 November 1998 and bottled ten years later, in April 2009, at cask strength. It is part of the Glengarry Casks Owners series. This is a refill bourbon, the only one in the series. The nose is a beautiful mix of sweet and salt. Sweet as in vanilla, white fruit and icing sugar. Salty as in stockfish. It has...

Score 84/100

Springbank 1997 2nd Batch

cask strength, non chill filtered, no caramel.Sounds good. this is the 2nd batch of springbank 1997 vintage, bottled at about 11 years old. * Nose: Harsher nose, initial sweetness but more phenol and salt, pepper, tar, savoury at the back. With water: phenol and maritime note remains now the harshness is balanced out by caramel toffee * Pallet:...

Score 86/100

Springbank 15 Year Old

This is my first Cambeltown Whisky and what a real pleasure. On the nose there is toffee, honey and sea-spray with a hint of spicecake and oranges, on the palate its smooth and buttery with honey and smoke developing around the edges with a dry rich orange and oaky finish. Perfect with a with a smooth Guantanamera Cristales cigar. Noticeable...

Score 95/100

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

My first taste of Springbank 12 was, in 2011 at a Springbank tasting (batch unknown) but i decided as i had fallen totally for the style of whisky that the Campbeltown legendary was producing, i fetched me my own bottle of 12 year old cask strength. This was the batch 5. Nose: Natural toffees (like opening the box of home-made toffees in a...

Score 92/100