Tastes

Strong barrel flavor from the Mizunara Cask. A bit ruff but flavorful watered down to 86.

Its been opened for 5 months now and has opened up to a nicer profile. I was going to raise the score a few points but this system would not let me go to 3.625 Decent but will not buy again.

Rough whisky but drinkable @ 80% after much oxidation. For Hardy Ladds only!

My bottle is actually Batch 18 and I have to say its now opened for 10 months now and bottle is just below 1/2 full. I'm disapointed witth this bottle and batch as so many reviewers rave about this but my bottle and batch has alchohol burn of a very young whiskey even watered down to 86% Whisky is also faily light showing poor cask quality especially since the staement of ex sherry. I hope Springbank corrects this issue and stop selling inferior whicky on their older quality offereings of the same 12 year. I also have the 15 and its dark and very delicious!

12-7-2020 Strong for a 40% er. Not bad. I'm enjoying this 2nd time tasting.

Strange how my palate changes over time. Now this bottle has been open for 10 months and though I still enjoy the flavors I am experienceing the strong alchohol burn of a young whiskey. In comparison I have had much better older whiskies (at double the price )with hardly any alchohol burn and they have a special place in my heart! I have Batch 3 arriveing tomorrow so look forward to comparing side by side!

Purchased @ K&L Wines in California as a high recomendation from their tasting staff stateing "Amazing !". My impression now after sampling 1/4 of the bottle to today 10-26-2020 ( 11 months ) Very light in collor showing poor quality of reused casks . How many times reused?? Dont know but this one of the lightest whisky I ever purchased. Tasteing impressions = Very week and unmemorable taste with a strong alchohol burn of a much younger whisky.Blows my mind that this has this level of alchohol burn for 21 years. I just have to beleive this tastes more like a cheap 12 year old because of the severe burn. Bruichladdich Islay Barley @ 6 years has much less burn and more flavor that this inferior bottling. Glengoyne and Old Malt Cask should be ashamed to sell this shite! Feel ripped off on these K&L bottlings just for them. I personally will never buy these obscure whiskies again and will not trust K&L reviews. Just my experience. Yours may be different. Very dissapointed in the 4 bottles of special K&L releases they were promoting as amazing. More like barrels the distillers were trying to get rid of because it was not good enough for their main lineup!

Purchased @ K&L Wines in California as a high recomendation from their tasting staff stateing "Amazing !". My impression now afte sampling 1/3 of the bottle to today 10-26-2020 ( 11 months ) Very light in collor showing poor quality of reused casks . How many times reused?? Dont know but this is the lightest whisky I ever purchased. Tasteing impressions = Very week and unmemorable taste with a strong alchohol burn of a much younger whisky. Feel ripped off on these K&L bottlings just for them. I personally will never buy these obscure whiskies again and will not trust K&L reviews. Just my experience. Yours may be different. Very dissapointed in the 4 bottled of special K&L releases they were promoting as amazing. More like barrels the distillers was trying to get rid of because it was not good enough for their main lineup!

Geetting worse since the bottle has been opened from 1-22-2020 its flavors are unmemorable and has the alchohol burn of a 6 year whisky. Possibly there is extreme batch variation annd I lucked out on a bad batch??

Opened for 9 months now and at half bottle. Watered to 86 and still get alchohol burn of a young whisky. Not as impressed with this like the 4 and 2 Dummies are.Then considereing the price its no more Macallan 4 me.