Springbank reviews

On ice at Hesperia Hotel, Madrid. It pours dark golden with some greenish streaks. Aroma is quite intense: vanilla, spruce, smoke, corn flakes, even some fig. Mouthfeel starts like a horse kick, really…

This will be my first Campbeltown scotch! I am acting as a mule for this bottle and it belongs to @thewalkingdad as it is hard to come by in his neck of the woods. He allowed me to try it as a "logistics…

This dram is from a 5cl taster given by the Springbank society after a £50 membership fee is paid - along with ... a snazzy box... free distillery tours... t-shirt... member card (10% off at all caden…

From a sample - This 10-year old Springbank was released in the 1980’s specially for the Japanese market.The nose is sweet and a bit austere at the same time. Flavours of oranges and grapefruits appear…

Yet another sample sent to me by @wierdo (3/6). I have to say that out of the six mouth-watering mini-bottles I received this was definitely the one I was looking forward to opening the most (mmm . .…

My first bottle of Springbank 18. Bottle has been open for 2 months and I've had 5 or 6 drams from it.I've never known a whisky change so much after the bottle was opened as this one. The first dram was…

As promised (threatened in fact to be more accurate), my humble meandering thoughts over a dram of Springbank 10...Le couleur - Freshly cut hay, with a tint of… green!?A tone of gold, ripe wheat waving…

I bought my first Springbank, a 10 year old, a little over a year ago. I purchased it based on nought but its Internet reputation and a seal of approval from the inimitable Ralfy. I was not disappointed…

This bottling, launched at the end of 2017, is the third of five annual "local barley" releases announced by Springbank in 2016. It comes after the first release, a 16-year old, and the second release…

Every year, there is also a Season’s Greetings edition of the Campbeltown Loch for Christmas. Thanks to my buddy Pat, I was able to get a hold of the 2016 release. It is clearly darker than the rather…