Tag: springbank
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From still to snifter in a semi-century
From the still in the 70s (1974 or 75), to the bottle in the 90s (around 1993), to my glass in 2025: these whiskies have been on a journey through time. We have here three more or less peated whiskies of almost identical vintage and age, a Springbank, an Ardbeg, and a Caol Ila. Should…
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WC sniff & sip 2025 (Part 1/2)
No, no, I’m not taking a samples out of my toilet, but from my Whisky (advent) Calendar of 2024. Of the many calendars that one can find online, very few focus and small batch and single cask samples, but among those that do, none compares to the one from Brühler Whisky house. The 2023 totally…
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Belgravia Barley from Glencraigs Farm
One Springbank’s most anticipated (and hence hardest-to-get) annual releases is the Local Barley: The Local Barley is an annual release made from barley grown in or around Campbeltown. Each year a local farmer is commissioned to grow barley on our behalf to continue producing this ‘grain to glass’ limited edition. SB The last two editions…
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Springtime
Springbank call themselves “The whisky drinker’s whisky”. It is indeed a whisky that’s for very long been highly regarded among whisky enthusiasts, and certainly among many of my more whisky-seasoned friends in WOLS who in large part inducted me into the whiskyverse. Springbank is the stalwart of the Campbeltown style of single malt, and family-owned…
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