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Category Archives: Springbank
Two Springbanks from the Cage!
When in Campbeltown you have to visit Cadenhead’s. Especially since Mark Watt took over they’ve quickly become one of the, if not the, best bottler I know. However, when at Cadenhead’s, you’re technically also at Springbank. And, maybe coincidentally, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cadenhead's, Campbeltown, Port Cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, The Cage
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Longrow 2001-2016, 14yo, Fresh Sherry Butt, 53.2% – Springbank Society
It’s not very often that I go through my own bottles at a rapid pace. But somehow, with sherry casks from the Springbank Society that never seems to be a huge problem. In this case it only took a while … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Campbeltown, Longrow, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society
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Hazelburn 18, 1997-2015, Leaky Sherry Butt, 54.4% – Duty Paid Sample for The Sprinbank Society
This is a bit of a weird one. Initially, this cask was selected by attendees of the Springbank Whisky Festival in 2015, to be bottled as a Springbank Society bottling. However, the cask was almost empty when they wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Campbeltown, Hazelburn, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society
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Bad-ass Whisky Night at De Whiskykoning #3
Last Friday it was time for the sort-of annual bad-ass whisky night at Whiskyslijterij De Koning in my old home town of Den Bosch. Man have I dropped a year’s salary there over the last decade… Anyway, the concept of … Continue reading
Springbank 21, 1995-2016, Fresh Sherry Pipe, 49% – Starkicker, Austria
Recently I got a little bit confused about this bottling, since I thought it was from 2017 instead of 2016. That led to some strange comments from me on Facebook and some confusing discussions about it afterwards. Apparently I am … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Campbeltown, Private Cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Starkicker
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Springbank 100 Proof, 10yo, 57% – OB for Gall & Gall
A little while ago a friend of mine bottle shared his bottle of this old Springbank 100 Proof. It was bottled in 2005 for the Dutch market, and more specifically for Dutch bottle shop chain Gall & Gall. As far … Continue reading
