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Сложный маслянистый профиль сочетает ноты тропических фруктов, зерна, минералов, торфяного дыма и землистых оттенки. Большинство высоко ценит глубину релиза, однако часть критиков отмечает избыточную сухость и горечь в дымной составляющей.
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Аромат виски демонстрирует богатство оттенков: от свежих цитрусовых, персиков и мёда до минеральных нюансов, сена, орехов, кожи и фоновых хересных нот. Во вкусе выделяются маслянистая текстура, сладость ванили и карамели, переплетенная с пряностями, нотами темного шоколада, садовых фруктов и выраженным торфяным дымом с землей и морской солью. Послевкусие продолжительное, согревающее, суховатое, с преобладанием пряных, древесных и зольных мотивов.
Опытные дегустаторы и остальные участники сходятся в высокой оценке общего баланса, сложности и маслянистости образца, созданного на основе редкого солода. Расхождения касаются дымного профиля: если большинство находит его гармоничным и характерным для винокурни, то отдельные ревьюеры считают дым излишне сухим, резким и напоминающим жженое дерево, что усиливает горечь в финише. Оценки стабильно высокие, большинство сходится в районе 88–90 баллов.
Interesting SB profile, not necessarily typical, not even for the LBs - pretty good
Another opportunity, another bottle, which is now warm and sealed, so let's open it! The aroma is interesting, but too much smoke for me. But I didn't understand the taste, so much dry smoke, here, it's too much, and the smoke is not from malt, but from a burnt barrel, a crocodile-like roast?!, hmm, why is it here?((( Ok, overall, everything is not bad, but it's not HOLIDAY, it tasted better cold to me, nothing bothered me, but here, the question is... 22 21 21 22 86
nuts orange, oak, spices, toffee, vanilla, unexpected camphor, pepper, chocolate bit of leather, citric, not bad
Local barley malt, salty cheese, crisp peach, mint, honey, minerals.
(Short notes during the Springbank online tasting on January 29, 2026) (60% Bourbon, 40% Sherry) Wow, the nose is magnificent, classic Springbank, very mineral, grainy, with hints of oats, bourbon cask aromas clearly predominate, honey, vanilla, fresh hay. A powerhouse on the palate as well, exactly the same aromatic profile, and the same in the finish. Very focused, amazing. 90/90/89 = 90/100
An interesting dram where there are lots of earthy notes - it's good that Springbank seems to try and make whisky to be enjoyed - this is well worth a try, even though it's as rare as rocking horse manure.
Dark gold color. Oily texture.
https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/bwc-2025-springbank/ N: A savoury dessert, so that’ll be something akin to a bread & butter pudding. Add to that, a weighty piece of leather, a sweaty/fusty miso,… the more I look, the more I see. T: Fresh and fruity, this is the most vibrant whisky of the night, complemented by a considered malty funk. F: As is, consistency of flavour and form. C: Excellent, if you can get your hands on it, but don’t sweat it.
Clochkiel Farm Springbank's Local Barley releases can safely be called iconic, which also explains why they sell out in the blink of an eye. In many cases, even before they reach store shelves, but that is another discussion. This bottling, from 2025, is a vatting of 60% bourbon and 40% sherry casks. Eight thousand bottles were bottled at cask strength. The barley this time is Bere Barley from Clochkiel Farm on the Kintyre Peninsula. The nose starts off surprisingly peaty, to be honest. Alongside soft notes of citrus, peach, and nectarine, I also get hints of oyster juice and jute sacks on an earthen floor. It is very, very tasty on the nose. Immediately complex. Beautifully oily. Immediately also pleasantly spicy on white pepper and liquorice, ginger and a good dose of fleur de sel. Somewhat farmy and deliciously fruity on peach and orange jam. Mid-palate it becomes quite waxy and mouth-filling, a fresh note of lime juice appears, and the smoke suddenly becomes bigger than the nose suggested. Grand is the word I am looking for. Delicious malt. The finish is long, smoky, and gently drying on chalk, vanilla, and dried peach. Phenomenal. You can actually buy this blind... if you get the chance. Thanks, Manny!
There's not much to dislike here, if anything.
Direct comparison with Local Barley 1966 (Cask 474).
Nose-88; Taste-89; Finish-88.
the Bere Barley's just have this amazing cereal note, good stuff
Wax, hay, and melted butter spread on young, freshly stripped wood; smoke mingling with vanilla and citrus; iodine playing among the reeds; then salt or icing sugar? A bit of both, certainly; a zest of mandarin, raw grains and a few lychees, grapes, diced mango, clods of earth, almonds. Rising bread dough, grapefruit. On the palate, it's smooth, rather citrusy, but fruity, with juicy white and yellow fruits, pears, kumquat, bananas, grapes, and a peppery touch, a pinch of peat and grain, mushrooms. A rather intense finish, very slightly acidic, lemon tart, blond tobacco, dried herbs, mustard, slightly bitter wood. It seemed to me that this one was particularly good, undoubtedly thanks to the variety of barley; the woodiness is rustic and intense, the citrus notes are really pulpy, and the cereal notes are very rich. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2026/05/springbank-2015-local-barley-10-yo.html
Two 10yo Local Barley: https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/156849/springbank-10-year-old? 88-88-88 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/283155/springbank-2015? 89-88-88
Of the LB I've had, this is one that I found less convincing. It tastes a bit like rotten fruit, with a bitter aftertaste.
If this is the standard quality of the Local Barley series, I understand why everyone wants it. There's a catch, of course... the exorbitant prices in the Netherlands and on the secondhand market are simply absurd. At the distillery itself, these bottles cost £90, which is on the high side for a 10-year-old whisky. But keep in mind, this 10-year-old whisky is 55.2% ABV and is produced from local barley. I would definitely buy a bottle if it stayed under €125.
Even more difficult to obtain than the 12-year-old CS is a bottling of Springbank Local Barley, produced from barley grown around Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula. The 2025 batch, distilled in 2015, used a special barley: Bere Barley. This old, challenging, and low-yielding variety had almost disappeared before being rediscovered and first cultivated in Orkney. Very little whisky is made from Bere Barley. Bruichladdich releases a regular bottling. After some attempts to grow this barley on Islay, they are once again using Orkney Bere Barley. Arran has had two bottlings. And now Springbank also offers a bottling made with Bere Barley from Clochkiel Farm on the Kintyre Peninsula, matured in 60% bourbon and 40% sherry casks. glen-efze.de
Thanks for the sample Slàinte Mhath. The profile is quite unusual, but individual and exciting.
Surprisingly "dirty" for Springbank standards - but delicious!
S 8 One of the best Local Barley I've had in recent years. Excellant balance with complexity only achievable with vatting of different cask types. Sad there's not enough allocation for Canada for me to get my hands on a full bottle.
The peaty flavor is surprisingly strong in the Local Barley series.
Tried from a 2cl sample Which is a shame, because I would love to have a full bottle of this whisky. Brilliant stuff
Quick review: I'll drink it again later and add more details.
Funky, sweet with cereals and vanilla.
Green malt, aniseed. Straw, a whiff of smoke and sea spray.
Strong nuances of 90~00s Springbank, nutty notes, coffee beans, smooth and warm texture, fruity acidity intensifies as aeration progresses, balanced peat and smoke, high level of finish.
Blind sample May 2026, selected and poured by my wife into a coloured glencairn. Aroma is burnt moss, charred card, slight funk to it – an oiled but rusty leather-handled tool of some sort, burnt toffee, slight pineapple, coffee mate powder. Not smoky but very ‘charred’ or ashy. Going to guess a peated Ben Nevis based on aroma alone. Body is oily. Taste is intense, very peaty – okay, so now I feel like we’re in Islay whereas just from the aroma we were firmly in the western Highlands. Salty burnt seaweed up-front, soft medicinal sweetness moving into clove. Still not really smoky as such – it’s a resinous, salty sort of peat with medicinal notes. Not loads going on – salt and clove are dominant. The medicinal vibes make me think it’s likely to be one of my old Laphroaig samples, perhaps around the 46% to 48% mark. Very tasty. The taste doesn’t match the complexity of the aroma but it’s a solid dram. 3.6/86 REVEAL Springbank 10 Year Old Local Barley 55.2%. Wow – 55.2%? Didn’t strike me as being that strong at all. Not a typical Springbank character – it strikes me as heavily peated and the aroma is more ‘mechanical / industrial’ than the ‘cheesy’ kind of funkiness I associate with Springbank.
The initial scent was a bit less impressive, but after 20 minutes it was much better. Otherwise, it’s delightful—genuinely something you can sit with for hours!
The ultimate highlight of our Springbank tasting. Highly complex with fruity, sweet, and grainy notes and a subtly elegant peat smoke. The fact that it's produced entirely at the Springbank distillery using locally sourced bere barley is unique, and the result is superb. The prices being asked are exorbitant, and not exactly polite. Even at auctions, bottles are currently fetching over €250. I'm not interested in paying that much.
More extensive review online on 3 December 2025 on my website: www.longpouramour.com My conclusion: "After a rather modest and maybe even underperforming 8 years old, this new Springbank 10 years old Local Barley 2025 performs on the usual high level we have come to expect from this popular series. It breaks my heart to see so many retailers rip off their customers with inflated prices, but against this quality, at least you won’t be disappointed with the quality of the whisky in your glass. This is a classic Campbeltown malt right here."
It has a "local barley" flavor now. Much better than last year's batch.
A little boring maybe, compared to the 8yo, which I prefer. Retry later.
Fresh, clean, contains fresh fruits and malt. The taste is peaty, bright, tasty, excellent
It tastes even better than it smells; it's sweeter and has a bit more minerality.
Unexpectedly smoky. Complex. Delicious. Aromatic. Very diverse. After 13 and 16, probably my favorite bottle of the series.
Overwhelmingly strong and briny abalone viscera and camphor notes dominate the palate. Its character is utterly singular—if this profile resonates with you, nothing else will suffice. It's not quite my cup of tea at all.
immediately far peatier, acidic and less cakey/buttery than the Springbank 12 CS (2025). The base is of bitter ash, sooty cold stone minerality, drying oak, grist and fish oils which is elevated a little by apple cider vinegar and a touch a tart passion fruit juice. Water adds medicinal elements such as plasters and the grist becomes dry pasta. The palette is really oily and peaty, green, ashy and acidic clay. It’s very old school in style and reminds me of the first peated Dornoch (cask #149). Water makes it far more buttery and sweet. The finish is drying, ashy and sooty but made sweeter with water. The development of the dram is irregular, very old school and austere without water but becomes more inviting, familiar and less challenging for better or worse. It’s more interesting than the 12 CS but less approachable or drinkable neat.
86+ 4cl sample. Very well-made and respectable whisky, but takes a score cut due to its price (-1 point).
Great nose: gooseberry, vanilla, earthy notes, and undertones of warm peat, mineral, Zeeland, lime, and apricot. Oily mouthfeel, pencil shavings, briny, oysters, barbecued lemon, pear, spices of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon. Endless and delicious finish: peppery, licorice, briny! Superb local barley.
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Interesting. A very harsh and angular Springbank. Quite smoky and maritime with a bitter herbal note. Surprisingly thin on the palate and with a short finish. Not bad (I've never had a bad Springbank), but even as a fan, not really my cup of tea.
Hard to get but worth the price.
Good dirty, peach. Sour sherry and covered by bourbon influence. Malty and peach finish. Bitter malty.