Springbank Society – October 2017 Bottling 

The new Society Longrow 9yo Sauternes is available to order now!

Longrow 9yo Sauternes

Cask type: Fresh Sauternes Hogsheads

Distilled: November 2007

Bottled: October 2017

Strength: 56.3%

Outturn: 1134 bottles

Tasting notes:

Nose :  Light smokiness, fresh plums, honeycomb, chocolate peppermints, walnuts, almonds, sticky toffee pudding, chocolate crepes, sugarcane, dark chocolate.

Palate : Cocoa powder, spice, pepper, dates and prunes. Raspberry coulis, caramel, ripe bananas, cherries and a mineral note. Slightly dry with a sticky mouthfeel.

Finish : Cherries, dry smoke, soot, raisins, burnt embers, baked apples, poached pears, biscuit base, shortbread, caramel shortcake, ginger and crushed black pepper.

Purchasing and delivery/collection

Please read this section carefully to ensure this process goes as smoothly as possible.

The bottle is available for £45.00 and initially it will be 1 per person however, once it becomes clear what the level of interest is, then it is possible you could get a second. 2 bottles per member will be the maximum. When you order a bottle please state if you would be interested in a second bottle.

We will only process email orders that come into the address society@springbank.scot. No phone orders.

When you first order a bottle, please tell us if any of the following things apply to you.

•  If you would like a second bottle
•  If you would like to collect it from one of our Cadenhead shops
•  If you are based in Canada
•  If you have any other delivery preferences (not covered by the points above) then it may be helpful, but not essential, if you would include them in your original email too.

Once you place your order you will receive an email back, letting you know that your order has been received and that a bottle has been reserved for you.  As is usual with a Society release, this may take several days. Please do not be alarmed if you do not hear back immediately.

Again, as is standard practice with Society bottles, if you wish for your Society bottle(s) to be sent to a Cadenhead shop on mainland Europe (Now Baden, Cologne and Odense) you will pay for them upon collection. We have processes in place to make sure these bottles arrive much faster than they have done for previous releases.

To clear up an inconsistency in the email sent last week we will not be sending any of the Society bottles to Cadenhead shops in Berlin or Salzburg. To repeat: sending bottles to the Berlin or Salzburg shop is not an option for the reasons we outlined in the previous email.

If you plan to have your Society bottle(s) sent to the Edinburgh or London shops then, as with the previous release, deliveries to these shops will be handled in a similar way to when Society bottles are sent to the other Cadenhead shops. Instead of charging £2 per bottle and delivering them individually, we will not charge anything for delivery and they will be sent as part of the scheduled Cadenhead shipments.

Once again we will only accept orders via email and strictly no phone orders.

Slainte Springbank Society

To join the Springbank Society contact them at society@springbank.scot

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 185: Auchentoshan 12 Year Old QE2 Crystal Decanter

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries some liquid history. The very hard to find but exquisitely beautiful crystal decanter with Auchentoshan 12 Year Old was sold in the 1980s on the cruise ship Queen Elisabeth II. At that time, Auchentoshan did not have a 12 Year Old on the market, as their standard range only had the bourbon matured 10 Year Old at 40%. So this is basically their first 12 Year Old, a mix of bourbon and sherry, and bottled at 43%. The now standard 12 Year Old (at 40%) was only introduced in 2008, some three decades later. Both this particular whisky as well as the ship’s adventures are discontinued…

https://youtu.be/xRftjdHHkto

Introducing Phenomenology and No Name

Two new Limited Edition Blended Malt Scotch Whiskies for autumn 2017.

In accordance with the Whiskymaker’s need and obligation to ask questions, to challenge and to experiment, both of these whiskies have encouraged us to challenge our own thinking about how a whisky is experienced and understood.  They have pushed us to share their stories in a way we haven’t done before.  You’ll find the end result in two very different, yet, we believe, equally compelling styles of Blended Malt Scotch Whisky.

Phenomenology was inspired by the psychological school of thought of the same name that focuses on phenomena, or, the experiences that we get from our senses–what we see, taste, smell, etc.     In celebration of the subjectivity of whisky tasting, we are not sharing the recipe details and tasting notes as we normally would.  We want to encourage drinkers to experience this whisky without preconception and to first describe the ‘phenomena’ of the liquid for themselves, in their own words and ideas. The idea for our second limited edition was sparked by the discovery of a parcel of American oak barrels filled with massively peaty Islay single malt whisky – tarry and full of bonfire-like smokiness – from a distillery we’ve never worked with before.  To us, this was a whisky crying out to be tamed and shaped into a very special Compass Box limited edition.  This whisky was given No Name to let the whisky speak for itself.  It is huge in terms of the intensity and complexity of flavour, a whisky brimming with complex peatiness, but tempered with hints of fruit character and an underlying sweetness.

Above all, share & enjoy!

John Glaser, Whiskymaker

FIND OUT MORE

Ralfy explains phenol/fusile with Ralfy Review 694 – Talisker 10yo @45.8vol (Re-reviewed)

Old Pulteney 25 Year Old & 1983

Two new limited releases from the North Highland distillery. Double matured in oloroso sherry casks, the result is undertones of stewed fruit, chocolate and baked apples. Lovely!

Old Pulteney 25 Year Old (2017) – Buy £294.50

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage (2017) – Buy £499.96

Grouse Gets Poppyscotland Makeover

The Famous Grouse Experience have announced that the visitor attraction will be offering free Distillery and Tasting Experience tours for serving and retired military personnel during the month of November.

Read the full story here

anCnoc Peatheart

This Highland malt from Knockdhu distillery is a peated expression of the anCnoc single malt, made using malted barley peated to 40ppm (phenol parts per million) and filled to bourbon casks to mature in the traditional dunnage warehouses at the distillery for over ten years.

£52 Pre-Order Now

Stock will be dispatched week beginning 6th November

LAST FEW SETS AVAILABLE WITH FREE MINIATURE PACK

Purchase all four bottles from the Hard To Find Whisky Casino Series and receive a lovely gift box set which contains a 5cl miniature bottle of each of the four different cask finishes. There are just 50 individually numbered sets of this produced and we are now nearly sold out.

Please note this is a limited time offer, once all 50 sets have been sold this package will not include the Free Miniatures. The Miniatures are not available separately and are ONLY available with the four bottle set.

1 x 70cl Bottle Casino Series #Roulette Sherry Cask Finish 21 Year Old Tobermory

1 x 70cl Bottle Casino Series #Slots Port Cask Finish 21 Year Old Tobermory

1 x 70cl Bottle Casino Series #Poker Rum Cask Finish 21 Year Old Tobermory

1 x 70cl Bottle Casino Series #BlackJack Islay Cask Finish 21 Year Old Tobermory

FREE Individually numbered box set of 4 x 5cl Miniature Sized Bottles of each of the above

Each bottle is individually numbered with it’s own genuine Casino chip

Please click on the image above for full information about each bottle.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 184: Auchentoshan Bartender’s Malt

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries the new Auchentoshan Bartender’s Malt. In 2016, Auchentoshan organized an international bartender’s competition dubbed the ‘New Malt Order’. The 12 winners were invited to Glasgow to create this new malt from a variety of casks spanning five decades. The result is a 47% ABV malt ‘designed specifically for cocktails’. But what about whisky lovers that are not into cocktails that much? Will it be exciting enough? Will it be tasty? Is it Auchentoshan as we know it? The Toshan Man finds out!

https://youtu.be/rF4jUFV81gY

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