Springbank 12 (Green Thistle 1990s) Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Springbank 12 (Green Thistle 1990s)

Added on Sunday, Jun 6, 2010 at 05:02 PM

Bottler:

Age:	12 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	N/A	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	46.00 %	Region:	Campbeltown
Price:	N/A	Availability:	Collectors Only

Member Ratings and Notes

Adam

Nose of sherry, with a tinge of sugary gunpowder. Palate is moderately sweet, medium-to-quite-sherried, tasty but not excellent. Sugary-sherried-spicy-nutmeg whisky. Some tarragon. Orangey. Finish is lengthy with oranges again, sherry remnants. Good but slight sulfur keeps full enjoyment down. B/B+

Chris

N: A burnt and dirty sherry, a little (real little) whiff of the familiar old Springbank rubber underneath.
P: Very sherried (brush your teeth kinda stuff), but not too sweet, more of a custard-like profile. Very good.
F: Relatively dry with some candy fruit (like Runts) lingering.
I was secretly hoping this was just a lower proof version of the famous 100 proof "double-dark" 12 year old, but it's not the same profile at all. Nonetheless, a tasty whisky.

Sku

Nose: An unfortunate nose of sherry and rubber.
Palate: Big sherry, lots of fruit but it devolves into its rubbery undertones, like a wino in galoshes, with a mostly rubbery finish.

Oversherried and unpleasant. I know some people like this flavor profile, but I just don't. (See Ichiro's Malt 8 of Diamonds).

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