Springbank 1968 39 Year Old Acorn's

Springbank 13 Year Old CS for The Nectar

This 13 Year Old Springbank was bottled for the Belgian market, ordered by The Nectar. Only 186 bottles were released. It is a single bourbon cask, bottled at a no nonsense 56,9% ABV. The nose is pretty similar to the Duncan Taylor NC² bottle I recently tried, meaning that it is pretty sweet. But there the comparison ends. Here I get, next to the...

Score 86/100

Springbank 12 Year Old 1997 Duncan Taylor NC²

This is an extremely pale Springbank, which undoubtedly points towards a bourbon cask. The label simply says ‘Aged 12 years in oak casks’. Doh! It was bottled by Duncan Taylor in their NC² range, meaning non chill-filtered and non coloured. In short: in its natural state. Strangely it also says ‘triple distilled’ on the label, while the lads at...

Score 83/100

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

Springbank SMWS 27.92 Wake-up Call

I've heard about The Society for the last year or so, a society of whisky lovers, a society of whisky geeks like me. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. I'd wanted to join for a long time, but it's around $200 AUS for the membership and gift pack that comes with it, otherwise you can buy a single bottle to get membership. But the bottles are a little...

Score 92/100