Categorie: S
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Springbank Saturday with a 1974 and the new Society Yes, yes, I know, this is not a Wednesday and that is the day we use to visit Campbeltown every month on Whisky Odyssey’s Campbeltown Wednesday. But we got our hands on the very latest release of the Springbank Society bottling, which prompted us not to…
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Speyside Distillery: still waiting to conquer the heart The Speyside Distillery near Kingussie in Cairngorms National Park is arguably the most scenic and beautiful operation in the whole of Scotland. A very small business hidden away amongst mountains and streams, it is a delight to visit. My only opportunity was during the Spirit of Speyside…
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Tasting notes for two 1990s Speysiders Continuing our path through the decades this week with two Speyside whiskies distilled in the 1990s. At one point, both were to be closed distilleries, but Glen Keith is nowadays back as a workhorse distillery for the Chivas blends. The distillery seems to have heritage, it was built in Speyside and…
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Tasting a Springbank from a pear shaped bottle Over more than a month ago, we participated in a magnificent tasting hosted by Andrew Wallace of Springbank. It was one of the stops on the Springbank Society European Tour, and the participants got to taste some stunning samples from the Springbank and Glengyle distilleries. While following Andrew on…
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Tasting notes for three 1980s Speysiders For those of us who have been around a little longer than yesterday in this beautiful world of drinking, tasting and collecting whisky, it is fun to sometimes look over your shoulder. “What was I drinking when I first got into whisky?” If you had to point at golden…
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Tasting single malt SaarWhisky in German Saarland Germany is a country that consists of 16 states, and one of the smallest of them is Saarland in the southwest, sharing a border for the most part with France and a sliver with Luxembourg. The charming and diverse state is defined by the name giving River Saar…
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Exclusive Springbank from a big, fat demijohn If you want something special, going to the Springbank Distillery will not disappoint. The shop has something on the shelves that you will not find elsewhere in the world (flippers excluded of course). First of all, the Cage Bottles, of which we tasted one last week here on Whisky…
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Springbank 10 years old with a hit of Amontillado The Springbank Sherry Wood series is by now a yearly release I look forward to very much. The 2024 expression arrived late in the year and thanks to my good whisky friend Erik, I was able to get a sample. That saved me from cracking open…
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Springbank 18 years old: the best of all worlds? What is it that makes Springbank so desirable? To answer that question, one only needs to walk around the distillery itself and soak up the history that wanders there like a ghost. It is not hard to imagine being 100 years back in time, maybe even…
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Springbank 10 (2017) versus Springbank 10 (2024) The Springbank 10 Years Old has been a legendary bottling since forever. Even Whitney Houston enjoyed a sip in the famous movie The Bodyguard. Throughout the years the labels have changed every so often, but always maintaining that distinctive “S” that is now so instantly recognisable. And the…