Springbank 12 Year Old Bottled 1970s

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

I spent a pretty penny on this, my first bottle of Springbank. I was expecting something challenging, and here's what I got: The aroma is one of the most complex I've yet encountered. It hits you immediately with a musty dankness and creamy sweetness. I think of chocolate pudding, orange-flavoured chocolate, and grape. Very intense and sweet,...

Score 77/100

Springbank 18 Year Old

My first bottle of Springbank 18. Bottle has been open for 2 months and I've had 5 or 6 drams from it. I've never known a whisky change so much after the bottle was opened as this one. The first dram was very rich and fruity. The flavour reference I made a mental note of was black forest gateau. I left it a week, went back to it and it was...

Score 89/100

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 10 Year Old (Alchemist)

This reviewed Alchemist Bottling of Springbank 10 YO was distilled in December 1995 and bottled in April 2006. This bottling vats distillate aged in "fresh" port pipes and first fill bourbon barrels. Alchemist is an independent bottler owned by Gordon Wright, one of the founders of Murray McDavid, and whose family owns the Springbank...

Score 93/100