Springbank 12 Year Old is the annual Cask Strength version. This 2024 release was a mix of 60% bourbon casks, 35% sherry and 5% rum casks. Springbank 12 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (56,2%, OB 2024, Batch #26, L24/199) Nose: scorched oranges, peaches and pineapples, with some boat wood, a little leather and this wonderfully industrial hint of engine oil and old metal tools. Hints of moss and paraffin. Then a little cake icing, cranberries and earthy peat smoke underneath. Mouth: a little sweeter than expected, on Muscovado sugar, along with tinned pineapple and papaya. Quite creamy, although there’s a clear saline touch, some dried seaweed and a little black pepper. Mineral notes and the typical greasy touch and cinnamon. Rootier towards the end. Finish: very long, on caramelized apple, herbal peat and wet fabrics.