Tag Archives: Springbank
Springbank 12, Cask Strength Batch 25, 57.2%
Every time the Springbank 12 Cask Strength comes out I forget to get myself a bottle. Luckily with this newest release, Koen K. from of RareVintageWhisky.nl sent me a sample for reviewing. Pro: I get to try it after all … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Cask Strength, Rare Vintage Whisky, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Springbank, Whiskey, Whisky
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Springbank 11, 2011-2023, Fresh Sherry Rotation 155, 56.7% – Duty Paid Sample
A ‘Duty Paid Sample’ of 70cl, or as it is commonly known, a ‘Cage Bottling’. Erik E/H. brought this over last year, and shared this one with the group. And as is quite well known to returning readers, I love … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Campbeltown, Duty Paid Sample, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Springbank, The Cage
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Springbank 24, Open Day 2023, Oloroso & Port, 47.6%
It’s been quiet on the blog here. Mostly due to me being insanely busy with work and preoccupied with other, non-whisky things. In all honesty, I have missed having time to sit down with a couple of drams, so I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Port Cask, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Springbank, Springbank Open Day, Whiskey, Whisky
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Longrow 8, Distillery Open Day 2023, Oloroso Cask, 54.9%
It seems like my buddy Erik ‘Elixir’ has become my trusted supplier of Springbank samples. Even though Tom van Engelen went to Campbeltown last month there were no shares from that distillery. There was a Cadenhead’s Islay bottling, so it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Campbeltown, Campbeltown Mal, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Longrow, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Springbank, Springbank Open Day, Whiskey, Whisky
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Hazelburn 12, 2010-2022, Fresh Oloroso Sherry Cask, 49.9%
The fourth dram in the Blind Tasting Competition was another zero-pointer for me (you’ll quickly discover this to be a recurring theme…). While I guessed this to be a decent older Speyside whisky, it turned out to be Hazelburn, which … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, BTC, Campbeltown, Hazelburn, Sherry Cask, Springbank
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Kilkerran 8 from Bourbon and Sherry casks, 55.8% and 57.5%
So, these became available earlier this year, but they’re not from the same batch. The Bourbon cask matured one is from Batch 8, the other one from Batch 9. A bit weird, but with the Dutch importer of Springbank, you … Continue reading
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Tagged Batch 8, Batch 9, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Glengyle, Kilkerran, Sherry Cask, Springbank
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Kilkerran 17, Triple Distilled, 57.5% – Open Day 2023
It’s always a good thing when friends to go to special occasions and bring back special occasion booze! In this case it was ‘Erik Elixir’ that went to Campbeltown and decided the 17 year old Kilkerran bottled for the Campbeltown … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Glengyle, Kilkerran, Open Day, Springbank, Triple Distilled
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Springbank 12, Cask Strength, Batch 24, 54.1%
Are we first? Did I publish in time and did Tom write in time? That’d be something, right? The review of the most recent Springbank 12 Cask Strength is here! Perfumed Pebbles Dubbed ‘batch 24’, this is the newest edition … Continue reading
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Tagged Batch 24, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Cask Strength, Guest Post, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Tom van Engelen
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Kilkerran 11, Open Day 2017, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, Triple Distilled, 60.3%
By now it’s almost six years ago I got these samples from Ben Cops’ ‘Campbeltown Mega Share’, back when that particular bottle-share group was still active. He also used to run a whisky blog but that seems to be on … Continue reading
Posted in Glengyle, Kilkerran
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Glengyle, Kilkerran, Open Day, Springbank, Triple Distilled
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