I think this is the 2018/2019 edition. It’s 54.8% abv (and based on what I’ve read it’s 50/50 burbon/sherry cask mix). Nose: Surprisingly fresh! I certainly pick up sherry notes, but also grapes, apples and pears. It also has a dry chalk-like/limestone character to it which is really nice. The peat is certainly there but not cloying. Palate: Lighter than expected. Decently refined with fruity notes (red and green apples mainly) and a slightly malty character. Sooty peat - rather light. Signature Springbank ”funk” (think rubber hose and synthetic oil…) though less than in other Springbanks I’ve tried. After a while just a tad of darker fruits. Finish: More of that chalk-like character from the nose. Green apples. Touch of sweet broth. Sooty peat. Just a tad of rubber. Overall: On the one hand it’s well-crafted and offers decent complexity. On the other hand it’s not the sledge-hammer you expect from a Springbank at CS, and in that regard it feels a bit underwhelming. Also, the more Springbanks I try the more I realize that I am not that exciting over those funky notes as some are. That said I actually appreciate the overall style of this whisky (lightly peated, burbon/sherry mix). Overall I score it 3.75 on the back of it being well-crafted and aligned with many of my preferences, and it’s not far away from a higher mark. That said I did swing back and forth with this one and at some points I wanted to score it lower (tried it heads-up against Lagavulin 16 and it suddenly tasted like the sweet-like odour of burning/melting plastic…), but sometimes also higher. It does balance on a thread…