Springbank
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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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Springbank Distillery Visitors 2015
Just lovely, a touch tannic and spicy in the finish but carries it well. I may just have to visit again soon! 88/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Year Old 2003 Single Cask
Rich, fruity, tannic and malty – perfect! 84/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Years Old 2001 Single Cask
A little odd this expression, fluffy and pink but also strongly tannic and malty – somewhere in the middle of this transition this seems to come together and work wonderfully. A little chameleon of a dram this one! 83/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Years Old Burgundy
Robust, gentle cask influence on a solid Springbank backbone. Tannic, spice and herbal red fruits. I was hoping for something much more full-on in red wine influence but this is more balanced between spirit, wine and cask. 83/100 Continue reading
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