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Springbank 9 Years Old 2006 Open Day
Gentle & light!, refreshing, sun-baked leather, salt, dry new wood all combine to be quite palate cleansing, not your average Springbank it would seem! 85/100 Continue reading
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Top 10 scotch single malts everyone must try!
Top 10 scotch single malts everyone must try! Attempting to choose only 10 distilleries from the over 120 operating in Scotland and producing wonderful single malts is no mean feat. However I have attempted to select some old favourites and… Continue reading
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Wolfburn Inaugural Release
Massive potential but looking forward to trying some more mature expressions, this reminded me a lot of some of the earlier Kilchoman expressions. 78/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 19 Years Old 1997
Extremely nice, a little crystalline/fragile in the finish with hints of menthol and eucalyptus which I assume come from the re-char cask influence but still plenty of sherry in here too as well as core Springbank quality! 89/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 15 Years Old 1999 Rum Cask
This has a lovely polished toffee/spun sugar feel (i.e. the type that makes your teeth feel cleaner or polished after eating!), sour and salty this is quite nice and moreish. 84/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 18 Years Old 1996 Sherry Cask 491
Great expression, well-rounded but lacked a little impact for us. Needed more depth and strength of fruits or chocolate or something. 85/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 2000 Single Cask
Very nice, but perhaps a little too spiced, dry and tannic for my liking. 84/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 1991 Rum Wood
Quite savoury in places and redolent of lots of nice cooking/cookery ingredients, herbal, nutty and zesty make a great combination, quite moreish too. 90/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 2016 Local Barley
Divine, a superb expression, just wow! 90/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 15 Years Old
This 15 year old batch from Springbank was impressive as usual but much drier and more tannic than I remember from the 2013 batch, a lovely presentation of powdered cinnamon but maybe lacking in the deep dark chocolate which we… Continue reading
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