Hazelburn 8 Year Old Alchemist

Hazelburn 12 Year Old 2010 Release

For some reason I'm becoming increasingly fascinated by the various expressions coming out of Springbank. And so the Hazelburn 12 fits right in! The thick legs running down the side of my nosing glass confirm the presence of something sugary so it's no surprise that the first nose is a melted bowl of honey butter. As I savor the comforting aromas...

Score 85/100

Hazelburn 8 Year Old

Ok, I have read each of the three previous reviews of this bottle. Based on the descriptions I either experienced an 'off' bottle that was off in a wonderful way, or Hazelburn has done a tremendous job with altering/tweaking the bottling for the better. Whatever the reason, it has inspired me to write my first review in over a year and a half....

Score 86/100

Hazelburn 10 Year Old

I’ve got a dram of Hazelburn here with me today. If you’re not familiar with Hazelburn, it’s the other, other Springbank. With Springbank being the legend that it is, and Longrow being heavily peated, the gently peated and triple distilled Hazelburn is often left overshadowed by its more popular siblings. Well, who doesn’t love an underdog? Anyway...

Score 88/100

Hazelburn 14 Year Old 1998 Blackadder Raw Cask

The label claims ‘Springbank – Unpeated Malt’. Well, that makes it Hazelburn, I’d say, the unpeated triple distilled malt from Springbank that was first introduced in 1997. So we can say that this is a distillate from the early days, because distilled in 1998. After 14 years of maturation Blackadder released it in their famous unfiltered Raw Cask...

Score 88/100