24-12-14, 09:29 PM
I tried not to buy JW or any Diageo products after they took JW out of Kilmarnock - dirty bastards, all they care about is money. But they own so many distilleries, and well how can you not buy one of the best drams there is when it's going for only 18 quid a bottle?
That Springbank was lovely. They carry out the whole process too from malting to bottling (I think there are only two now that do that) and use a lot of local barley. Proper old fashioned whisky and no chill filtering either. Sort of oranges, pears, dark chocolate, coffee and sweet rich barley with a slight acid edge. Not one you would describe as smooth, it's more of a mad taste explosion in yer gob. And at 57 proof it's gives you a good wee hit. That's the way it's bottled, so that's the way I drink it, nane o Lew's poofy spring watur fae me :lol
That Springbank was lovely. They carry out the whole process too from malting to bottling (I think there are only two now that do that) and use a lot of local barley. Proper old fashioned whisky and no chill filtering either. Sort of oranges, pears, dark chocolate, coffee and sweet rich barley with a slight acid edge. Not one you would describe as smooth, it's more of a mad taste explosion in yer gob. And at 57 proof it's gives you a good wee hit. That's the way it's bottled, so that's the way I drink it, nane o Lew's poofy spring watur fae me :lol