Springbank 12 Year Old Ceramic Jug

Springbank 14 Year Old Jazz Edition

I’ve Been a big jazz fan long before i even started liking whisky, and I’ve kept the passion for good Jazz. I was really delighted to discover a lovely book by Hans Offringa that makes the link between Whisky & Jazz, two of my passions. As it happens this dram was bottled for the release of this book. this 14 year old whisky was aged in a...

Score 88/100

Springbank 9 Year Old 2004 Gaja Barolo

Springbank likes to experiment with casks. For this young malt they used Gaja Barolo wine casks. Barolo is an Italian red wine, in this case casks from the cellars of the world famous (for wine lovers at least) Angelo Gaja. It is a double maturation instead of a finish. After all, after 4 years of maturation on bourbon casks the whisky was...

Score 84/100

Springbank 2000 12 Year Old Calvados Wood

Nose : Lovely crisp peat layer upon fresh citrus , green apples and some apple strudel (again with green apples) , spice , cinnamon and a touch of vanilla. Not something i did not expect, but the lovely waft of peat worked quite well with the apples here. Palate: Very oily mouth feel on this one, very nice. Starting on smoke. Malty and earthy...

Score 88/100

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

(Yes, the title was trying to be a reference to Stravinski) I never tasted Springbank before, this is my first time. It's not my usual kind of dram (it lacks peat), but I've found it to be a very interesting one. It has been bottled at cask strength, and can be improved by a drop of water. It has something medicinal in itself, but on the sherry,...

Score 82/100