Categorie: S
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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…
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A look back at the history of Scapa Scrolling along the many, many whisky influencers that populate Instagram, I stumbled upon some screenshots of new Scapa labels. One of a 16 years old, one of a 21 years old, both bottled at 48 % abv. I tried to find more information on the internet, but…
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A brand new Springbank Society & some Campbeltown news The Campbeltown Malts Festival has started and this is a big feast for the people of the Old Toon and whisky lovers from all over the world. Tomorrow we will do a special head-to-head from two old vintages from over 30 years ago. Today however, we…
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Back to the Future: the Campbeltown 1992 edition Whisky Odyssey celebrates a weekly Campbeltown Wednesday and this edition is even more special, since the good folks in Campbeltown, and numerous whisky enthusiasts from all over the world, are now there to celebrate the Malts Festival. Since my employer has only a limited amount of days…
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Springbank’s Palo Cortado: a beastly creation Another Campbeltown Wednesday and today we taste a regular Springbank. A bold series by the distillery highlighting various sherry maturations. Last year there was the rather hefty PX matured 10 years old, followed this year by a Palo Cortado expression. The allocation of these bottles to The Netherlands is strict, so…