We ended last week with a couple of festival-related bottlings, and we’ll have a few more if you don’t mind, now focusing on the upcoming Limburg Whisky Fair 2016 . We’ll have a look at a couple of new releases from German bottlers which will be presented there.

The first is this Springbank 1993 with the classic Sansibar label.

Springbank 22 yo 1993 (51,8%, Sansibar 2015, 150 btl.)

Nose: very direct. It hits you in the face with the uniquely mineral, very chalky Springbank character. Clay and wet wool. Some metallic notes as well. It isn’t too austere...