Springbank No. 3 Bond Bottled Christmas 2002 Cadenhead's

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 Sherry cask 1997 / Potstill Austria

Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles at 57.1 % ABV. Springbank 1997 single cask #296 for Potstill Austria, 57.1 % ABV , 216 btl Nose: A very nice mixture of both sweet sherry notes, and salty briny seaweed sort of...

Score 89/100

Springbank 1993/2012 Malts of Scotland

The 14 Year Old Springbank that was launched last spring by MoS could not really convince me, so I approach this bottling with trepidation, but also renewed hope. After all, it is another cask type and a different age. Strangely enough, it is the same strength, 51,5% ABV. Hmmm, the nose is special to say the least. On the one hand some nice...

Score 88/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

I've had this bottle of Springbank for many years. It may have been my first single-malt purchase. I think I got taken in by romantic descriptions of Campbeltown malts. I've never quite taken to it, though. In the nose - it's very bright. Fuji apple, crisp pear; birchwood, Muscat grape, honeydew. To taste it is sharp and very tart. Light sweetness...

Score 70/100