Whisky - Springbank 10 Year 46%
The weather conditions are a tad inclement. Just the excuse for a drop of springbank after taking the dog out. Purely medicinal you understand.
The Springbank distillery is unique as it is the only producer to carry out the full process from malting the barley to bottling on the same premises. No chilfiltration or colouring is aloud for the companies output. The same distillery in cambpeltown also creates a triple distilled spirit called Hazelburn and the heavily peated Longrow, Springbank, it is said is distilled two and a half times a little like Ardbeg but using a different method.
Nose: tangy, rum current butterscotch and gooseberry. Hint of milk chocolate. It really opens up if given time.
Pallet: a rush of that toffee sprinkled with salt and sharp citrus notes. Smoke coming through with a little coconut. Medium bodied.
Finnish: a little harsher than the nose would suggest, but bloody good fun and a solid winter warmer.
Comments: this really changes from batch to batch. The first time I tried it with friends the coconut and a very pronounced mintyness were sure markers. Other bottles have offered up variations on all the flavours mentioned above. That coconut is in the background with this batch. Lovely and not as formulaic as many whiskeys. Complex.
Score: 87%
The Springbank distillery is unique as it is the only producer to carry out the full process from malting the barley to bottling on the same premises. No chilfiltration or colouring is aloud for the companies output. The same distillery in cambpeltown also creates a triple distilled spirit called Hazelburn and the heavily peated Longrow, Springbank, it is said is distilled two and a half times a little like Ardbeg but using a different method.
Nose: tangy, rum current butterscotch and gooseberry. Hint of milk chocolate. It really opens up if given time.
Pallet: a rush of that toffee sprinkled with salt and sharp citrus notes. Smoke coming through with a little coconut. Medium bodied.
Finnish: a little harsher than the nose would suggest, but bloody good fun and a solid winter warmer.
Comments: this really changes from batch to batch. The first time I tried it with friends the coconut and a very pronounced mintyness were sure markers. Other bottles have offered up variations on all the flavours mentioned above. That coconut is in the background with this batch. Lovely and not as formulaic as many whiskeys. Complex.
Score: 87%
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