7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Springbank 1996 Amontillado Cask
Type
ABV
56%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Heavy sherry notes, dried fruits, plums, dates, figs, hints of cloves and pepper, whiffs of smoke
Taste
Very syrupy, creamy, good sweetness, dark chocolate, lots of sherry wood, spices, pepper, then some leather.
Finish
Medium long, warm, a tad bitter, cold smoke, more leather notes and rather flat.
Liquor
Springbank 1996 CasQueteers
Type
ABV
53.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rich and meaty sherry with darker fruit notes muddled with a bold oak profile, blackberries and quark with a bit of honey.
Taste
Black cherry off the bat turning more into caramelized apples with vanilla.
Finish
Blackberry cobbler, toffee, earthy, some almond extract.
Liquor
Springbank 1996 Fino Cask
Type
ABV
56.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Tobacco, damp earth, dried orange peel, dried shiitake mushrooms.
Taste
Gets saltier and more peppery with each sip, leather and salt and spices.
Finish
Long. The damp earth and tobacco.
Liquor
Springbank 1996 The Maltman
Type
ABV
50.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sherry notes, pungent oak, a healthy kick of butyric acid, caramel, and sauteed mushrooms.
Taste
Sherry and some added flint and gunpowder. Blueberries with vanilla.
Finish
Oak dominant with cherries and bananas foster appearing.
Liquor
Springbank 1996 Vintage for Lateltin
Type
ABV
52.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Strong sherry notes with some vegetamin, vegetal condiments, sea brine, orange, nutmeg and old leather.
Taste
Spicy to very spicy, salty, rubbery, on burnt rubber, with some salt, orange, tangerine, seaweeds, cloves and smoke.
Finish
Medium to long, salty, smoky, rubbery, spicy, and on fresh and burnt rubber.
Liquor
Springbank 1997 (1st Batch)
Type
ABV
55.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Coppery note (old coins), some sweeter, peat and cocoa and some orange.
Taste
Milky cocoa and some peppery.
Finish
Long. The salt picks up some cured meat.
Liquor
Springbank 1997 (for K&L)
Type
ABV
56.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lots of spicy wood as well, and then some sweetness develops (sweet peat).
Taste
Nutty notes (almonds, maybe cashews).
Finish
Long, smoky, sweeter, slightly bitter, rooty.
Nose
A sherry explosion with winter fruits, spicy gingerbread and a hint of peat.
Taste
Dark orange chocolate, Christmas cake and brandy snaps. Honey and spices develop over time.
Finish
Long and smooth.
Liquor
Springbank 1997 Signatory
Type
ABV
54.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lots of red apples, berries and fresh plums.
Taste
Very clean and jammy, packed with sherry notes. Figs, raisins, red berries.
Finish
long, sharp and slightly salty. Prunes and mint.
Liquor
Springbank 1997 Society Release
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Taste
Finish
Liquor
Springbank 1998 Burns Malt
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Taste
Finish