Campbeltown
Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky
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Glen Scotia 12 Years Old Duthies
Intriguing sums this one up. On the nose it is like smelling the flowers beside a motorway, on the palate though a lot of sweet fruitiness comes through and any smoke and oil on the nose doesn’t reappear until the… Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Years Old Green
Springbank Green 12 Years Old (46%, OB, 2015) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 46% ABV, £60 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say On Monday 17th November 2014, we released two special new bottlings. Firstly we have the Springbank Green. This… Continue reading
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SMWS 27.107 To the manor born
Springbank 16 Years Old 1998 27.107 To the manor born (56%, SMWS, Refill Sherry Gorda, 775 Bottles, 2014) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 56% ABV Score: 88/100 What they say: Thick, old fashioned vanilla ice cream, with tinned peaches, then… Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old Madeira Cask
Springbank 16 Years Old Madeira Cask 56% (J & A Mitchell) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 56% ABV, £160 for 70cl Score: 85/100 What they say: A 16 year old Campbeltown single malt Scotch whisky which spent 10 years in… Continue reading
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Kilkerran Work in Progress 3
Alluring and warm… a great summers evening dram that leaves you licking your lips for more. 76/100 Continue reading
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Longrow 18 Years Old Heavily Peated
Longrow 18 Years Old Heavily Peated (46%, OB, 2014) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 46% ABV, £85.58 Score: 84/100 What they say: A double distilled, heavily peated single malt from Springbank, Longrow was first created as an experiment to make… Continue reading
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SMWS 93.61 CalMac welder’s tea break
Hugely enjoyable dram, from the colour to the treacle-like sweetness on the palate, this is a wonderful single cask exampled from the Glen Scotia distillery. 87/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 93.57 Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of this!
A heavily sherried 21 year old Campbeltown malt. There is nothing in that statement that I don’t like. Similar to this whisky in fact, it isn’t perfect and its flaws are plain to see, but the rest is so delicious… Continue reading
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Hazelburn 12 Years Old
Yum, I enjoyed this one a lot. Plenty of sherry wood character in here but matched with the malt and oaky wood character also. This Hazelburn still has that Springbank meaty, malty and a little machine oil character but is… Continue reading
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Hazelburn 10 Years Old Rundlets and Kilderkins
An intense 10 years old Hazelburn that tastes older than its years due to small cask maturation. A little rough around the edges perhaps but then aren’t all “Springbank” whiskies in a good way. 86/100 Continue reading
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