Tag Archives: Local Barley

Springbank Local Bere Barley 11yo, 53.1%

Posted on 7 February 2018 by

I’m a tad late in reviewing this, about a year or so. This 11 year old Local Barley release is Springbank’s second release of the five promised bottlings. The first being the 16 year old and the third is a … Continue reading →

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Springbank Local Barley 10, 57.3%

Posted on 9 January 2018 by

Funnily enough, when this got released in December, there was a mad scramble to get our hands on a bottle. My Bottle Share group on Facebook was mad about getting one and links to UK webshops were posted as soon … Continue reading →

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My whisky of the year

Posted on 30 December 2016 by

I love end of year lists. Mostly reading them, because it sifts a lot of the corn from the chaff. It means cutting 200-odd posts from every blog with just the top of that annum. There’s always this division between … Continue reading →

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Springbank Local Barley, 16yo, 54.3%

Posted on 13 June 2016 by

Ah, Springbank Local Barley. I think I have tasted two of the 1965/1966 ones and those were some of the best whiskies I’ve ever had. Now there’s a new one, although there have been some releases for the Springbank Society … Continue reading →

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Bad ass whisky tasting at De Whiskykoning

Posted on 18 April 2016 by

Last Friday was the day I booked a tasting at my favorite whisky shop. We went to Den Bosch, to De Whiskykoning (who has a new web site, by the way) with some friends for the bad ass whisky tasting. … Continue reading →

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