Springbank 2012 Society Bottling

Water is highly recommended, it dampens the sharpness and allows the solvent off-notes to fade into the background. A little time in the glass also helps. Overall a little ambivalent, but the finish makes up for the initial weaknesses and shows the enormous depth of Springbank. Nice, but completely uninteresting for the current prices. A sample is enough. The 8-year-old Sherry CS Kilkerrans is a good alternative with great value for money.

Tried this at Bar Minmore House in Osaka. Was not that impressed, still a good whisky, but I've had many better Springbanks and Kilkerrans. Perhaps this is also partially my fault for trying a few other more impressive drams directly before this.

A young jumping bench as one can hope for. It combines the typical distillery character with youthful strength and adds a fine nutty note. The PLV is now absurd.

A really cool piece. After the hot nose, there is a little depth missing, which is not surprising in the case of the youth.

One of the rare whiskies that seems to get worse with time in the glass. Liked it much better immediately after pouring, each time I tried it, especially on the nose.

Nutty toffee, forrest fruit syrup, dark chocolate, candied earth, and funky oils. Exceptional character and depth for 8 years old and such heavy sherry - like a more elegant cousin of the (also superb) Kilkerran 8 year old Oloroso cask.

Strong sherry influence, which still leaves enough room for the typical, dirty Springbank character! Mineral, dark dried fruits, figs, caramel, raisins, dates, a hint of smoke and super integrated alcohol!

Great Springbank profile. With nice sherry tones and dirty stuff

Smell Quite cautious at first Sweet Some prune juice Light acidity Taste Intense sweetness with nice acidity Dark dried fruit Very nice

Quite complex, very well integrated, very drinkable even at 57+%, definitely not a malt for beginners, tasty, yummy, balanced

This whisky was sold for 55£ in June 2021 by a ballot for Springbank Society members.

Such a shame people are dumping this trying to make a profit. Genuinely irritated for all the people like myself just trying to buy a bottle but cant because of these people

Aroma Sweet, sherry, oily, spicy, cowshed taste Sherry, sweet, spicy, chocolate finish Medium length, chocolate, spicy

Nose: whiff of peat, varnish, Jamaican ginger cake, herbal, sandalwood, the ethanol is quite prominent on the nostrils Mouth: hot and thick, more ginger cake and varnish, slight acrid note a little like burnt plastic. This is hot without water and pretty blunt really, the distillate has been blasted to hell. Water softens it and dissipates the acrid note and releases a lot more fruity notes. Transformative! To conclude: without water I don’t like this, with water it’s ok, tolerable with some redeeming features. A plea to Mitchell’s…no more first fill sherry or bonkers sherry finishes. You’ve beaten us to death with a sherry drenched stave.

Lets see what thiss fuss is abote,

nice！

Burnt steak, dirty leather boots, coffee, hot springs' sulpher (without being offensive), black licorice, burnt caramel, bbq pork ribs, soy sauce, applewood, and miso soup. This is not a friendly introductory whisky! For the adventurous to sit with and explore, it is a good and fascinating dram!

Shoe Store Backroom Snack Bin Big and powerfully sherried, on the aroma were stewed stone fruits, cinnamon, cloves, and anise sizzling in a giant pot. A metallic copper tinge hung in the background with swimming pool chemicals, leather and boxes of shoes at a shoe store, charred wood, and sweet pipe tobacco. Full-bodied on the palate with loud cask notes and some exuberant youthful spirited prickle and exuberance. Tannic and weighty, gradually drying and a touch astringent with big stewed plums and stone fruits that shifted toward baking spices with ample cinnamon and clove. More tobacco and black pepper toward the end with some spicy spirit. The finish was medium to long with rich stewed fruits, spice, and a touch of pipe tobacco. A rather beastly whisky, this felt purpose-designed for the sherry fiends who walk among us— though I am sure Springbank fans found much to enjoy as well. A quick glance over at Whiskybase certainly indicates that was the case! More than a couple of individuals recommended water, and I agree as water cooled some of the spirited prickle without washing out any flavors— though it did become a touch sweeter and lost some of the savory notes that lingered in the background. The loss of those elements seemed a price worth paying for something that felt more complete if slightly less complex. Overall, not really my kind of whisky, yet, I still enjoyed it well-enough to rank it above most big sherry drams.

Everything is right here! Great combination of Springbank character and sherry notes.

Another great SB, with leather, damp soil and light peat, not too sweet, peppery, complex. Syrupy, toffee, some boiled fruit. Elegant & Lovely!

Winner of the evening with 9 whiskys tasted. I like it!

Too much wood, too much sherry, too little springbank.

Very nice nose, for me too much wood in the taste to score it higher and a very good finish. I like the sample I got from a friend but to buy it myself it became to expensive.

Sherry Cask rum, which doesn't have a strong sweet taste

A beautiful, flawless, so to speak modern and still quite young Oloroso sherry bottling. Cinnamon orange marzipan, plum compote with rum, brown sugar, salty caramel. The Campbeltown character is still clearly recognizable. Very tasty, but also a bit young and impetuous. No sulfur. Well done but not a 90+ whisky. I don't want to comment on the fact that a society bottle that is explicitly bottled for fans and sold individually via an elaborate lottery procedure is offered several times at a multiple issue price.