Springbank 1995 Gs Single Refill Port Cask

Mineral with berries, strongly salty in taste, it is not bad in principle. But I don't really like this springbank profile. 22-21.5-22-21.5

I am not sure yet how to find this Springbank. The 20-year Portfass ripening has definitely brought a good dose of spicy oak flavors to the malt. The quite interesting fruit and cocoa flavors, it is therefore relatively difficult to assert themselves against the oak. The whisky is quite fun and with a 20-year-old Springer criticism at a high level, but I have hoped for a little more port fruit and less dry oak spice.

Tastes like a typical Springbank from the 90s - leathery and sulphury - thus not my favorite decade

The port influence is rather mild, but it's a very good Springbank anyway.

I can't do it without water. It works with water.

21 22 21 22 - another bottle, - another incomprehensible story, everything is stable ((( A really strange barrel, there’s nothing to seriously chop down for, but I wouldn’t go back to it again....

Without water, it's average to weak - you hardly notice the 20 years. Much more complex and interesting with water.

Wow I actually like this dram even if it has nothing which I have expected to like before. The complexity is quite high but on the other hand still moderate enough to get a lot of elements of it. Lovely dram which is probably much better during summer time.. I will give it a try in some months :-)

lot of somewhat dirty Springbank, less port, but that´s no shame. Subtile addition of fruity/oaky complexity. My former rating  was 89pts, now it stays so tending to 90 but just not reaching it. 01/15: Now a fresh opened bottle: Springbank? yes. Port cask? still searching. Oak? yes, the fresh and peppery style. Well, not the really convincing stuff which it could be, 88 pts. 02/16: The former disappointment has now quietly gone. Perhaps IT needs its opening time (the bottle).And still it´s a quiet one, not one of the the louder fraction. Quite loveley at a constellation you and your dram, and so I like it for me. Point.

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A very interesting and probably polarizing malt. Very dirty overall impression, the port notes are the malt good, they are at any time intrusive and contribute to a positive overall balance. The only weaknesses are the pointed alcohol in the nose and the slightly too short finish.

The combination of subtle peat smoke and big, fresh & sour fruity tones is quite seductive. This whisky needs quite some time in your glass to really open up. A wee drop of water brings the smokiness to the front on the nose and accentuates the bitter sweetness on the palate. For me it seems to loose its delicate balance with water. The layering and balance of this whisky is lovely and moreish. All in all a well balanced, fruity and well matured Springbank.

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A cloud top that is a bit contradictory to taste, with obvious mineral characteristics, full fruit basket, chocolate flavor, but the shower gel and sea salt saltiness mess up the sweet hallucination, and the tongue tingles slightly like drinking very full of sparkling water. The wine is not bad in body, thick and oily, rich in content, and has a long aftertaste. It can be regarded as a cup of experience card with all kinds of ups and downs in life.

I overlooked it in the collection for a long time. The time has done him a lot of good. Now he is also still deliciously sweet to its other notes.

I'm not really a port fan, but this jumper is pretty good.

In addition to Cadenhead, I feel that I can give up the IB in Genting

In the nose typical Springbank. Heavy in the mouth, a bit of water makes it much better. The Port influence comes in the end. Complex, but I like it.

Complex Port Springbank with plenty of salt - definitely enjoy with water and leave in the glass for a long time

Somewhat closed at first. Probably it was a quite inactive barrel. Definitely takes time and Warmth in the glass. Not for beginners. But then good development in the opened bottle. Oxygen was good for him. Now more maritime, mineral and dry fruity with the typical, somewhat dirty spring banknote. Could be a little sweeter for my taste. Is probably due to the rel. inactive barrel.

Not the best spring bench I've ever drank but through the rel. inactive barrel comes to the distillery character well through. After the bottle a while was open, it got better and better over time. This has been the case with many of my bottles. It's good that I bought 2 at the time.

An exceptional and pleasant Springbank.

Interesting he is, but from port or 20 years I notice nothing. For me rather a € 70 whisky, because he could only be 12 years old and come from the Bourbon barrel.

A great whisky. Matured for a long time, the distillery character can still be felt. Very well done.

Now I had to look again: In fact, Refill-Port Cask. But if you notice nothing at all. The Springbank character comes through well, from front to back around he is, but here you would have expected something more of a single cask.

Somehow I miss the substance in the malt and it is also not very intense. You may actually expect more. Have just a sip of Springbank 12 CS (WID: 105550) poured. For me the better malt. More volume and authority.

88/87/86/87

salty, sulfur, leather, sherry, unfortunately a bit soapy in the mouth

Oh, how I feared this bottle - "why is it still available after all those years? I better not order it, springbanks that are good, are not to be bought 5 yrs after release!" I had my eyes on this for... well 2 years, but never ordered. Until recently our crazy whisky group decided to... well, order the hell out of it. I believe we took 10 bottles of scomas shelves (anyway, they raised the prices 10€ afterwards :-P ) and shared some samples and a bottle on a dinner & whisky evening. For me, as I could not attend the evening, I am now sipping on a sample (with one bottle in the basement...): this is good stuff. It does not get the praise it deserves. Its tasty, its springbank BUT! it does have a dirty note. Had some crystal clear ex-bourbon springbanks that were incredible... this one is more on the "in your face"-side with some dirty port tones and then it rather soon dissapears with its finish. It may not have super deep tones (so even a 14 to 16y old could deliver that kind of depth), but dang, its almost a neat find. Why am I writing this? well, because I already have a bottle in the basement and can't collect them all :-)