Hazelburn 1997

Hazelburn Tasting Room

Hazelburn is not a distillery, but a single malt that is produced by Springbank (that also creates, besides Springbank itself of course, the Longrow). The first release, dating back to only 2003, was limited to only 65 bottles for the shareholders and directors. If you can still find it, it will set you back about £1.000. But when you visit the...

Score 88/100

Hazelburn 8 Year Old Small Casks for Belgium

Today – despite the heat, but I’m well protected in my subbasement study – I’ll try to Campbeltowners head to head. Both are from the Springbank distillery: the 8 Year Old Small Casks for Belgium against the 12 Year Old, both official releases. Springbank distillery created three malts : Springbank, somewhat peated with 12 to 15 ppm, the heavily...

Score 76/100

Hazelburn 14 Year Old 1998 Blackadder Raw Cask

The label claims ‘Springbank – Unpeated Malt’. Well, that makes it Hazelburn, I’d say, the unpeated triple distilled malt from Springbank that was first introduced in 1997. So we can say that this is a distillate from the early days, because distilled in 1998. After 14 years of maturation Blackadder released it in their famous unfiltered Raw Cask...

Score 88/100

Hazelburn CV

Hazelburn is the triple distilled spirit from Springbank distillery. Hazelburn CV is a vatting of different ages (6 to 10 years old), the majority being from bourbon casks. Hazelburn CV (46%, OB 2011) Nose: straw and malt aromas with some sort of metallic pear-like note. A muted fruitiness at best, and a rather artificial fruitiness for that...

Score 70/100