7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Springbank 15 2003 Maltbarn
Type
ABV
48.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Noble Springbank nose, citrus scent, mineral, bit fuller, orange juice, smoked fish
Taste
Citrus-heavy onset, slightly ashen smoke, creaminess and the mineral fight against each other, sweet orange peels
Finish
Ashy to mineral finish along with the sweet orange peel, nice touch of sweetness along with a light oak
Liquor
Springbank 15 Cask Strength
Type
ABV
58.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rubbery, twiggy and lightly smoked peat, sour barley sugars, mustyness, over ripe red berries and a little hint of saltiness
Taste
sweet and sour arrival with the barley sugars,peat smoke, berry notes
Finish
Long. Some spices emerge with cardamom, cinnamon and a little clove.
Liquor
Springbank 15 Director’s Cut
Type
ABV
56.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
An oily maritime aroma greet the nose with further notes of grapes and rhubarb
Taste
The palate boasts notes of raisins and greengages with a wealth of peat smoke.
Finish
The finish is long and rewarding with rhubarb and beach bonfire flavours.
Nose
Oily, lots of floral notes and faintly sweet oceanic peat along with raisins, new leather, dry pineapple, clove, sweat, peaches and cream and some big earthiness in the background
Taste
Sugar sweet with canned pineapple, roasted almond butters, toffee squares, apple cake, raisin jam, tea leaves, papaya and jellied apricots
Finish
Medium to Long with more stone fruits, vanilla cream and caramel sauce
Nose
Sweet aroma with fruity notes
Taste
Nice balance between spices, melted side, cooked fruit.
Finish
Long and flexible
Nose
Rotten apples and pears
Taste
Fruity, musty, and thin
Finish
Short
Nose
Fragrant with a certain richness. Notes of fruit salad and a hint of caramel, pineapple, guava and passion fruit lurk.
Taste
Quite full and rich. There are notes of creamy fruit salad and more exotic fruit notes
Finish
Fairly long with a gentle warmth.
Liquor
Springbank 16 1991 Wood Expressions – Rum Wood
Type
ABV
54.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Malty, sweet, light, sugary and on lime blossom tea.
Taste
Sweet, malty, sugary, slightly spicy, on rum, grape juice.
Finish
Medium, light, malty, very sweet and on grape.
Liquor
Springbank 16 Amontillado Cask
Type
ABV
54.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Creamy mocha, Barley sugar, Damp beech wood, Peacan pie
Taste
Toasted peacans, Raisin bran, Honey, truffles. It’s quite nutty, and the tart raisin element is remarkable.
Finish
A little dry with Sherry oak coming though, but drizzled with malted Barley and Figs
Liquor
Springbank 16 Cask Strength
Type
ABV
53.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Springbank funk, vanilla fondant, earthy malt, honey, cocoa, orchard fruit, nuts and a bit of melon rind and chalk.
Taste
Waxy banana taffy, malted vanilla milkshake, orchard fruit, milk chocolate, baking spice, honey and roasted nuts with a bit of funk and smoke
Finish
Long -> Smoke, malted vanilla, banana shake and caramel with some oaky spice.
Liquor
Springbank 16 Local Barley
Type
ABV
54.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Salty seashore, light smoky, dusty, earthy
Taste
Malty sweetness, pomelo, grapefruit, light smoke, salt, maritime and subtly algig
Finish
Sweet and dry – surprisingly long
Liquor
Springbank 16 Rum Finish
Type
ABV
54.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet icing/icing sugar, chalky and dusty, iced cinnamon buns, hints of fruit; apple & pear juice
Taste
Maple syrup and pecan pit, nutty, sweet, buttery, hazelnut paste/puree, tannic oak, dried leather
Finish
Long, zesty, drying, nutty, peanut skin, lemon zest and rosemary salt