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Single malt whisky is a mixture of malt whisky from casks of the same distillery. Malt whisky is made from barley malt and distilled in pot stills, and has matured for at least 3 years in oak barrels. This whisky usually has a for the distillery characteristic flavor. Is considered the classic whisky.
Smokehead is a single malt whisky brand from bottler Ian Macleod. Just like with the earlier Smokehead bottlings, this is an anonymous peated islay whisky. And the age of this bottling is also unknown. The ABV content is a solid 58%.
According to some, this Smokehead Islay single malt whisky is young Caol Ila finished in Ardbeg casks. Perhaps. In any case, this is a beautiful, uncomplicated and pleasantly drinkable dram for the smoky whisky lover. At 40%.
This rum-finished Smokehead isn't all about peat and smoke. The Islay single malt whisky bottled by Ian Macleod has depth and is complex. The rum finish provides fruity and vibrant notes. All in all a very drinkable and original combination. At 46%.
Fruity & Fierce, Spicy & Smooth' is how bottler Ian Macleod characterizes this Smokehead Blast. It is, as always, a peated Islay single malt whisky, but this one is finished in oloroso sherry casks. A full, creamy, complex, and quite smoky dram. (48%)
Smokehead is the brand under which Ian Macleod bottles anonymous, peated Islay single malt whisky. The type of cask on which the whisky matured can differ, or the alcohol percentage. But never before has a Smokehead finished on tequila casks appeared.
In Signatory Vintage's very affordable 100 Proof Exceptional Cask series, this is the 15th edition, a 16-year-old Speyside (M), so a Macallan single malt. It matured in Oloroso sherry casks and is, of course, bottled at 100 proof (= 57.1% ABV).
This Daily Dram bottling from 2016 scores over 91 points on the Whiskybase! It is a blend of Speyside single malt whiskies that matured for 40 years in a fino sherry cask. The whisky is praised for its fullness and harmonious complexity. (47.2%)
Rumour has it that this single malt whisky, released by Sansibar in 2015, is a Macallan. In any case, it is a Speyside malt that went into the (sherry) cask in 1977 and was bottled 38 years later at 46.1%. It scores over 90 points on whiskybase.com.
They are almost impossible to come by anymore, those bottlings of Speyside single malts with a vintage in the 70s, a maturation period of 40 years or more and scores of over 90 points. But here is one! A 42-year-old, fino sherry-matured dram. (49.8%)
Springbank is the only larger Scottish distillery where the entire production process of single malt-whisky takes place on site, manually, from malting to cask storage. You can taste that, like with this new 10 year old bottling: a real old school malt!
Springbank is the only larger Scottish distillery where the entire production process of single malt whisky takes place on-site, manually, from malting to cask storage. You can taste that, like with this 10-year-old batch 23/232: a real old-school malt!
Local barley releases from Springbank have gained a cult status for whisky lovers. The bottles from the releases from the 60's proofed to be excellent whiskies. No wonder the new recent releases got springbank lovers excited. This is the 2017 release.
A new Springbank 15 edition. This single malt whisky from Campbeltown aged in bourbon and sherry casks, and was bottled at 46%. Springbank whisky has its own very recognizable and appreciated character. This also applies to this nicely priced bottle.
This Springbank was released in 2016 in a limited edition. It matured for 16 years in 80% bourbon and 20% sherry casks before being bottled at cask strength (54.3%). What makes this single malt whisky really special is that it is made from local barley.
Campbeltown Distillery Springbank also occasionally does single cask bottlings. In 2017 they released this edition, especially for the Belgian market. The single malt whisky is 16 years old. It spent that time in a 'fresh' bourbon cask. Bottled at 48.1%.
This Springbank is actually too good to be a collector's item, but of course it is: the old-school single malt whisky, vintage 1969, was bottled at a cask strength of 52.8% by Signatory Vintage in 1996 after having matured for 26 years in a sherry cask.
This special bottling, released for Springbank's Virtual Open Day 2020, scored an impressive 91 points on Whiskybase. The Campbeltown single malt whisky matured for 26 years in two refill bourbon casks, yielding a total of 432 bottles at 51.1% ABV.
All of the Springbank single malt whiskies bottled by Archives got high scores. This is also the case for this 2016 bottling of a Springbank that matured for 19 years in a fresh sherry hogshead. 227 bottles came from that cask, at 54.8% cask strength.
This is an interesting Archives bottling, especially for fans of Springbank single malt whisky but also for whisky lovers in general. The Campbeltonian matured for 22 years in a bourbon hogshead and was bottled in 2018 at 54.9% cask strength.
All of the Springbank single malt whiskies bottled by Archives got high scores. This is also the case for this 2018 bottling of a Springbank that matured for 22 years in a bourbon hogshead. 277 bottles came from that cask, at 55.8% cask strength.
All of the Springbank single malt whiskies bottled by Archives got high scores. This is also the case for this 2016 bottling of a Springbank that matured for 19 years in a bourbon hogshead. 284 bottles came from that cask, at 56.4% cask strength.
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