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57%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: White wine
Nose: Faint smoke, orange zest, vanilla, nutmeg
Palate: Slightly peaty, oranges and other tropical fruit, pepper, ginger and nutmeg again.
Finish: Very long, dry and fruity
Overall: Most enjoyable and suprisingly little peat. In a blind test I might have guessed “Cask strength Hazelburn” because is has that typical spicy orange profile.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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The peaty whisky from Springbank distilery – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Straw
Nose: Very intense, peat, citrus, some vanilla
Palate: Very peaty, smoked ham, lemon, vanilla, quite spicy but also sweet
Finish: Very long, sweet and spicy smoke
Overall: About as spicy as the Springbank CV, but here the peat acts as a strong counterpart. Sweetness and fruitiness are enhanced by a few drops of water. Nice!
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Gold
Nose: “Farmy” at the beginning, becoming more maritime and slightly fruity (orange) over time
Palate: Slightly peaty, a strange mix of caramel and chili, oranges
Finish: Rather long, spicy smoke
Overall: The nose takes a while to open up and actually becomes very pleasant, but the palate cannot quite live up to that. The spicyness is too dominant for my taste as it is not sufficiently counterbalanced by the other flavour components. There are notable similarities to the Hazelburn CV which I definitively prefer over the Springbank.
Score: 74/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Triple distilled malt from Springbank – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Color: Pale straw
Nose: Quite strong, citrus, spices, some vanilla
Palate: Slightly maritime, even a bit salty, orange zest, lemon, ginger
Finish: Very long, slightly spicy
Overall: A wonderful fresh whisky with a lot of complexity.
Score: 86/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
Side note: The first time I tried it was blind as last dram of a long tasting session. I had no clue what it was until it was revealed. All of a sudden I noticed the strong orange notes I remembered from the Hazelbrun 12yo. Talk about psychology….
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Batch #1 – 55.3 %
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Grilling sausages over a campfire, sea breeze, grapefruit
Palate: Peaty and sweet, caramel, ripe citrus fruit, spicy
Finish: Very long, sweet and smoky
Overall: This is Springbank’s interpretation of the Quarter Cask, and it’s a successful experiment. My favourite Springbank so far (although I haven’t had too many yet). It is surprisingly peaty with both a youthful punch and a mature complexity.
Score: 89/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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46%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Not very strong but still a little pungent. Lemon, grapefruit, vanilla
Palate: Lemon, vanilla, a bit of honey
Finish: Lang, slightly sweet
Overall: Nice and fresh with strong citrus note. Not bad, but I definitely prefer the 12yo.
Score: 80/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Unpeated and triple distilled from Sprinbank – 46%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Very intense, dried fruit, bitter orange zest, vanilla
Palate: Quite dry and spicy but still smooth, ripe fruit, bitter orange, tea
Finish: Long, dry and fruity
Overall: Very full flavoured and complex, very dry but not really bitter. I like it very much.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Murray McDavid – 55%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Strong, slightly smoky, dark fruit, dark chocolate, even stronger with some water
Palate: Cherries, chocolate, slightly salty, some pepper, almost no peat
Finish: Long and slightly sweet
Overall: The nose is exceptionally good, the palate is slightly wearker. But still a great whisky, well-balanced and complex
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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46 %
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Not very strong, slightly floral, ripe fruit, just a tiny whisp of smoke
Palate: Rather spicy, almost chili hot, forest berries, some chocolate, very little peat
Finish: Long and fruity, the spiciness is gone fast
Overall: Complex with a strong wood influence, A bit too spicy for my taste.
Score: 79/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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