Springbank 10 yo (46%, OB, -/+ 2018)
Always good to follow this classic. However, in this instance, I’m afraid I don’t know specifics of batch/bottling codes etc... Colour: light gold. Nose: typical mix of salted peanuts and seashore notes, although I find it rather a yeastier version. Notes of proving dough and sourdough starter. Some leafy notes of tobacco, a touch of mint, cider apples, hay, pebbles. All very good and characterful. Mouth: sharply coastal - if you see what I mean - waxes, citrons, cooking oils, nuts, seeds and a splash of ointment and seawater. Mustard, seaweed, various stocky, brothy notes, some dried tarragon and a hint of lychee and rosewater. Akin to a dry Gewurztraminer perhaps with these slightly petrolic notes in the background. Finish: good length, slightly biscuity, salty, medical, flinty and gently earthy. Comments: Not the best of recent batches perhaps, but still great and very dependable.
SGP: 462 - 87 points.

Springbank 22 yo 1993/2015 (45%, Moon Import 35th Anniversary, cask #99, hogshead)
Colour: gold. Nose: fresh linen by a seashore! Salted almonds, sheep wool, heather, sea greens, olive oil, cough medicine. Straightforward, rather lovey Springbank goodness. Rather a lot of hessian, rope, some new leather and light tarry notes. With a little time it develops more towards lemons, gorse and coconut. Some beach pebbles and sand. Mouth: nicely saline and citrus on arrival. Olives, seawater, cough medicine, dried herbs, beach wood, mustard powder and gentle waxiness. Some plasticine, soot, more hessian and camphor. Finish: medium in length. Slightly oily, salty, medical, sooty and still with this nice background waxy tone. Comments: Good solid Springbank, I like the subtle medical thread running through this one. Not all 93s were up to this sort of scratch in my book.
SGP: 462 - 89 points.

Springbank 22 yo 1995/2018 (48.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 27.111 ‘A Coal Bucket Full Of Marshmallows’, refill sherry hogshead, 277 bottles)
Colour: gold. Nose: rather typical, very good mix-90s Springbank. That is to say, lots of wet pebbles, sandalwood, hessian, ozone, waxes, salty old rope, maritime zing, lemon peel and, in the background, a nice old workshop aroma. Lots of oily rags, steel wool, furniture oils, tool boxes and metal polish. In time it becomes sharper and saltier, some notes of beef stock, soy sauce and carbolic soap with a wee splash of old riesling. Excellent with a nicely chiseled sharpness and plenty coastal freshness. Mouth: salted caramel and peanut brittle, bitter orange, light antiseptics, herbal throat sweets, medical ointments, some sandalwood, coal dust and bouillon. Beautiful flavours but perhaps a tad ‘light’ in weight and texture. Finish: a bit short, you feel it kind of fall away off the back of that rather soft body. Still, some nice gently lemony, herbal and saline notes linger in the aftertaste. Comments: It’s a very good, quaffable and honest mid-90s Springbank. The flavours are easily 90 point material, however it just lacks a bit of overall oomph and power in the delivery and texture and so loses a couple of points there. Still, I’m sure if you crack it open and drink a few drams while gazing out over the Mull of Kintyre on a sunny day you could get it up to about 92!
SGP: 462 - 88 points.

Springbank 23 yo 1990/2013 (49.8%, SCOMA ‘The Peat Bog’, cask #205, bourbon, 215 bottles)
Said to be Longrow, as the name would indeed suggest... Colour: pale yellow. Nose: ... quite. This is indeed a wonderful mix of tar, embrocations, crushed seashells, squid ink, smoky grist, kiln smoke, kippers, ointments and antiseptic. Anchovies in brine, seawater, mercurochrome, pink sea salt, beach pebbles and sand. A wonderfully chiseled, almost brittle mineral structure. Lemon juice, raw oysters, carbon paper, petrol and bonfire ash. In time it starts to display more chalky notes, bath bombs, mineral salts and things like crushed aspirin and baking soda. Pretty terrific stuff! Mouth: raw, freshly kilned, peated malt! Gristy and oily, full of ground green pepper, mustard powder, antiseptic, wood ashes, lanolin, gauze and more subtle notes of clay, putty and lemon jelly. Some TCP, preserved lemons, sooty aspects and hot smoked white fish. Gets increasingly salty and lemony with time. Finish: long, gently ashy, medical, lemony and still with plenty warming notes of peated malt lingering. Comments: Top notch Longrow. Very pure coastal character throughout and with a pretty forceful smokiness as well. Slightly different from others of that era, I like it a lot.
SGP: 365 - 90 points.