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Tag Archives: Glenfarclas
Redistilled whisky
A while ago I blogged about a comparison between Lagavulin 16, and the same whisky when you distill it again. Take away all the colour and a lot of the goodness the wood added to the whisky, but I think … Continue reading
Posted in Tasting note
Tagged Ardbeg, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Master of Malt, Talisker
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Top drams of 2012
Just as I did last year, the last week of December is spent on reviewing everything that’s happened during this solar orbit. Yesterday I listed my favorite records of 2012, and today it’s time for the top whiskies. Again, like … Continue reading
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious premium whiskies
A trend has been going on for a few years now. A trend that I expected to be over sooner or to be smaller in any case. By that trend I mean the incredibly high prices that are asked for … Continue reading
Posted in News and Announcements
Tagged Dalmore, Glenfarclas, Gordon & MacPhail, Highland Park, Macallan
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Glenfarclas 58 – 1953
Glenfarclas 1953. The oldest Glenfarclas ever bottled at 58 years old. The oldest whisky I ever tasted (in age, not in the year it was distilled, that was this one). I got this sample as a total surprise a week … Continue reading
Whisky Fair Limburg (2/2)
Yesterday was for the general impression of the Whisky Fair, today will be about some of the whiskies we had there. We made sure to taste a mix of new and old releases, since it’s all nice to taste something … Continue reading
Posted in Festival and Tastings, Tasting note
Tagged Adelphi, Ben Nevis, Bladnoch, Book of Kells, Bunnahabhain, Clynelish, Glen Keith, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Inchgower, Longmorn, Malts of Scotland, Mortlach, Murray McDavid, Rosebank, Silver Seal, Springbank, The Unicorn, Whisky Doris, Whisky Fair
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Glenfarclas 1999 – SMWS (1.156)
The first distillery ever bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society back in the early eighties. By now they’ve done more than 156 bottlings of their casks and this is one of their latest. Nose: Pretty heavy at first, but … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 8 (Longmorn 16, 60%)
A nice sherry cask coming up again! Quite recognizable by the color in this case, which of course influences what you’re tasting. Hoping to get more points this time than a few other times (again) to get at least a … Continue reading
Posted in Blind Tasting Competition, Tasting note
Tagged Glenfarclas, Longmorn, Usquebaugh Society
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Glenfarclas 8
This Glenfarclas 8 year old is a regular bottling by Glenfarclas, done in 2007. It doesn’t use their standard dumpy shaped bottles, but a long regular bottle instead. Also, the label is slightly different with vertical lines in the back … Continue reading
I hosted a tasting
It had been a while since I hosted a tasting for people I didn’t know. Before this blog there was a different site at http://www.maltfascination.nl through which a friend and I hosted whisky tastings. We hadn’t received any requests for … Continue reading
Posted in Festival and Tastings
Tagged Caol Ila, Glenfarclas, Ileach, Tamdhu, Ultimate
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Glenfarclas 175th Anniversary
This Glenfarclas was released to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the distillery a while ago in the Netherlands. It sold out pretty quickly here, but when it was released in other countries more recently it didn’t cause the same hype. … Continue reading
