Springbank 15 Year Rum Wood Limited Edition Review

Distilled & Bottled by Springbank

Region: Campbeltown

Type: Single Malt

ABV: 51%

Age: 15 yrs

Color: pale gold

This special release from Springbank is a 15 year old, lightly peated single malt whiskey aged exclusively in rum casks. Released in 2019, this offering is bottled at cask strength without chill filtration or added color.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Strong notes of cereal grain and rich creamy vanilla. There’s fresh tropical notes of pineapple and some slightly herbal notes as well.

Palate: The mouthfeel is thick, oily and spicy. Baking spices paired with bittersweet grapefruit are dominant with only a hint of the vanilla sweetness from the nose.

Finish: Long in length and bursting with creamy lemon meringue. There is more grapefruit to be found and the finish ends with notes of green banana and wood spice.

Rating: 7/10

Conclusion: This whisky shines in its finish. There is a delicious burst of flavor with the most notable rum influence for me. The nose here is fairly muted, but the palate is interesting and has a lovely, oily weight to it. But it is the finish that truly elevates the entire pour. There’s no peat influence that I can detect, and while this isn’t a particularly complex whisky, the flavors that are here work harmoniously together for a very sweet, dessert-forward whisky with just enough spice to balance the rum sweetness.