Springbank 20 1996 Hunter Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for the sample! Current Springbank brings all the boys and girls and everyone in between to the yard. Much like the world’s richest people have asked throughout time: If I can buy anything with limitless money, what if I had double limitless money? Joking aside (seriously eat the fucking rich), what does one expect […]

Springbank 8 2012 Springbank Society

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for pouring me a dram. Still at the whisky tasting. We’re onto the peated section. Which means I took a break, had an espresso, some water, took another break, and then dove back in. We’re on whisky number 9, and the breaks are the only reason I can still keep writing notes, though a […]

Springbank 12 1996 Manzanilla

Thanks to xile_ for the sample. Springbank. If Macallan is what the average person buys as prestigious then Springbank is the whisky nerd version. The price is high, it’s only getting higher, and the quality is there. I walk in and someone has more than one Springbank, then they’ll be like “Why are you in my house” […]

A bevy of Springbank Reviews

Springbank. The name conjures up quality, because they haven’t skimped on their processes, and high prices, because we all know the whisky is good, and therefore buy it. I have a hard time speaking about Springbank for this reason. I love Springbank. My first review was the standard 10, and while I feel I was […]

Springbank 9 Local Barley / Springbank 19 1996 Port Cask

Thanks to /u/xile_ for these samples. In a recent online discussion, someone brought up that Springbank was now so popular that the price is stopping people from being able to afford it, thus making it harder to buy, thus screwing more people at trying it, and here we are. However every so often some of the younger […]

Springbank 9 2007 Springbank Society

Thanks to /u/xile_ for pouring me a sample “Hey, sorry I brought this. I know you don’t like Sauternes cask whiskies.” I sigh. I said the wrong thing a long time ago and it’s going to haunt me forever. You see, I’m not a fan of Sauternes casks in the way they are typically used. […]

Springbank 16 Ultimate Distillers Cask 450

Thanks to the Toronto Whisky Society for hosting this event, and to /u/devoz for picking out the lineup. So I’m the one who gets to walk through each of these whiskies. So while researching them there were great websites to read up and walk through. I was able to say a bit about the distillery, and if you’re looking […]

Springbank 10 Local Barley [MYSTERY]

To recap: xile_ (his real name, really) had us all over for a mystery lineup. I brought brownies. That’s really not useful to the review. Well, I didn’t have them until the whiskies were done, and drank tons of water between each dram. Maybe that’s useful. Oh, and all of the whiskies were poured blind. […]

Springbank 12 1996 Single Cask Oloroso Sherry Butt

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring for this dram. Springbank. Can they do anything wrong? News at 11. Oh, wait, I write things like this. I can’t wait until 11. Also it’s international. I didn’t think this through at all. A few years ago Springbank released their 12 year old single cask series. Different cask types, a simple label, full […]

Springbank 8 Fresh Sherry Springbank Society

Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing this one with us. Springbank is now the leading distillery for fermentation time, with 110 hours. Most places do between 40 hours and 3 days, with some doing a few more than that. The result is evident in Springbank’s quality, and for that they should be praised. The true reason I bring […]