Springbank 1966 33 Year Old Murray McDavid

Springbank 15 Year Old

I thank @cpstecroix for the reviewed sample. This is a review of the standard distillery bottling Nose: medium intensity cereal-style barley-malt, very noticeable brine, some peat and smoke, but not a lot. Yes, this is prototypical Springbank. The flavours are mostly medium-pitched and slightly higher than medium-pitched. The wood flavours are...

Score 87/100

Springbank Private Bottling For Distillery Visitors 2013

Yesterday I wrote a review of the Springbank 18 Year Old, and mentioned that we had visited the distillery just this past May. But I had completely forgotten about the little mini they gave us at the end of the tour, and dug it out tonight! This is only available to distillery visitors - the label gives no information (except that it was bottled...

Score 87/100

Springbank 1967 Prestonfield 20 Year Sherry Casks 3131/3136

from a purchased sample. Nose: Fabulous. This is all on waxy and lightly fermented dried fruit at first. Apricots, dates, peaches, mango, seville oranges, clementines, and, well, you name it. Eventually, some very refined earthy, non-bitter coffee emerges, with a trace amount of chocolate in it. Creamy, now with whiffs of dried coconut. Cherries....

Score 99/100

Springbank 10 Year Old 2006 Duty Paid Sample

My buddy Anthony brought back this gem from Springbank. A duty paid sample at 57.3% from a first fill sherry hogshead. I guess I’m in for a treat. Some weird nose on baby sick, matchsticks, pickles (!) and dark fruit like figs. That is upholstered with some candied sugar, but also some varnish and cherry liqueur. Very amusing, but not very easy....

Score 86/100