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Springbank 1992 24 Year Cask #212214 (The Maltman)
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed
February 9, 2018 (edited July 8, 2023)
This is a unique Springbank. Either you’ll love it or hate it...all depends on your tastes. As soon as I opened the bottle, I got huge aromas of coffee and tobacco. Palette follows with more coffee, dark 80% cocoa chocolate and oranges. The nose is the best part in this. I can whiff it all day. The love it / hate it part will come at the palette. If you’re a fan of coffee/tobacco/oranges, you’ll love the depth and slightly bittersweet complexity. One thing for sure to others that’ll have it: DO NOT ADD ICE OR BEYOND A FEW DROPS WATER. I tried it with a few drops water, and it was amazing. I then tried it with a cube of ice, and the coffee taste became drastically bitter, like two day old airplane coffee.
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What’s the punishment nowadays for putting ice in a Springbank 24yo?
This was strange. I’ve never seen such radical changes from having it neat to adding water. Water made it astringent and bitter, neat was amazing. Of course the ex-chemical engineer in me wonders what the hell type of bitter esters are released with just a bit of water.
Sounds an interesting drop, good review :-). One of my favorite distilleries..they have a rep coming for the whiskey festival in a few weeks so looking forward to see what interesting drams they'll bring.