Tag: 57.1% ABV

Rating 6/ 10
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Springbank 2011 10 Year Fresh Sherry Cage 57.1%

Nose: Nothing like the whiff of that core springbank dna…stewed plums, figs, dates, that springbank salinity and smell of the sea, bandaids and iodine. Smoked salt butter. Bees wax.

Palate: Tastes like a drier sherry, maybe oloroso, slightly more savory, nose carries over nicely to the palate with that core springbank dna holding constant.

Rating: 6 / 10 – This is an interesting dance between springbank core dna and the fresh sherry cask and it works. Fun.

Rating 6/ 10
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Springbank 12 Year #19 57.1%

Nose: Sugar cream frosting, maple syrup, cedar, pan seared sweet plantains.

Palate: You get the sweetness at the front, some lemongrass, brussel sprouts cooked in maple syrup, really toned down for SB dna, and finish goes a bit more of that sour/astringent bourbon barrel realm

Rating: 6 / 10

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Springbank 2001/2011 9 year Demerara Rum Cask 57.1% for Cadenheads

Nose: Charcoal filters, pool water, condensed milk or werthers original, dandelion, blue corn, bird of paradise flowers (had them in my yard growing up), quite peated

Palate: Rubber bands, resin / pine and garden herbs, dried coconut flakes that have gone slightly stale.

Rating: 4 / 10 – For all the love that Springbank gets, it’s got no shortage of misses. They are hard enough to get these days that people don’t open the bottle or they over appreciate the liquid just do to the effort involved. This is no winner.