What’s so glorious about early 1970s White Horse Blended Scotch? For starters, there’s likely some Scotch from the Malt Mill distillery which was an offshoot of Lagavulin. Though for most of you, and me, the draw here is the old Lagavulin. This particular White Horse comes from the early 70s which means the Lagavulin in […]
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I’m going to spare any pretense about the 1979 Old and Rare Benrinnes 40 Years and tell you right now it’s delicious. Everyone who tried this bottle before its demise at my going away party enjoyed it; especially me. I enjoyed it a lot and a lot of it. This once-in-a-lifetime bottle was a multi-celebratory […]
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If you don’t like peat, then the Hazelburn Sherry Wood 13 Years might be something you want to check out. Springbank is lightly peated, Longrow is heavily peated and Hazelburn is unpeated; Springbank makes something for everyone. It’s also triple-distilled. Though commonly associated with Irish Whiskey there are several distilleries in Scotland that triple-distill to […]
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A few years ago, the Malt Nuts did a crazy vertical of Longrow 18 Years and I’m finally posting the review of my bottle from that night… and killing it off in the process. Do you sense a theme in these recent posts? Beyond it all being Springbank distilled stuff that is. As I was […]
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This 1995 Sovereign Springbank 22 Years was my birthday bottle back in March of 2020. An ominous month in human history, but instead of 2020, I want to focus on 1995. I don’t know about you, but when I think about the number in the abstract, it doesn’t feel that long ago… but it was […]
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Independently Bottled Springbanks, like this 1993 The Bottlers Springbank 16 Years, have long been a hot commodity. This particular bottle I picked up for a Malt Nuts Springbank tasting we did in 2015 and I’m now, finally, posting the review and killing the bottle while I do it. There is a part of me that […]
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The 12 years is an exploration in ex-Bourbon, but the Springbank 15 Years is a deep dive into what sherry does to its floor malted spirit. What’s that? You didn’t know that Springbank still used a traditional floor malting method? Well now you do. In fact, they do as much of the process as possible […]
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I know the Springbank 12 Years Cask Strength is made from 100% ex-Bourbon casks because it’s front and center on Springbank’s website. It’s a small thing to do, but a huge piece of info for whisky nerds. A small detail by Springbank to show they know their fans and what they want to know. Whisky […]
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Founded 194 years ago (1828), Springbank is a distillery of some renown and this whisky, Springbank 10 Years, is their current flagship offering. If you giggled when I said “some renown”, then you are a true whisky nerd and know that’s an understatement. Whisky nerds go ga-ga for Springbank which makes it increasingly difficult to […]
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Like many undisclosed Islays that came before it, there is a bit of mystery surrounding the source of the Port Askaig 100 Proof. And I truly mean a bit because with a little bit of reasonable elimination we end up with two distilleries as our possibilities and they taste quite a bit different. Laphroaig and […]
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