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Category Archives: Balvenie
Burnside 25, 1996-2021, Hogshead 2176, 54.7% – Archives
And not just any Archives, but a bottling for the Canadian market. It’s not labeled with a Samoan fish, which seems to be the main go-to style. This one has a British dragonfly on the label. Burnside then. This isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Balvenie, Burnside
Tagged 1996, Archives, Balvenie, Bourbon Cask, British Dragonflies, Burnside, Glenfiddich, Tea spooned, Whiskybase
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The Brexiteer 27yo, 1991-2019, American Oak Barrel 7389, 46% – Whisky Center
The other sample I got sent from Whisky Center is The Brexiteer. A burnside blended malt, which we all know to be teaspooned Balvenie. Officially not a single malt but the amount of Glenfiddich in it is negligable, so it … Continue reading
Posted in Balvenie, Burnside, Glenfiddich
Tagged 1991, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, Dufftown, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Teaspooned, Whisky Center
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Burnside 1991-2018, 26yo, 46.7% – Cadenhead’s
As I sit here reviewing this almost-single-malt I think about how clever this ploy of the whisky industry actually is. William Grants, the owners of Balvenie Distillery don’t want their distillery’s name on a bottle, so they teaspoon it with … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Balvenie, Burnside, Glenfiddich
Tagged 1991, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, Cadenhead, Glenfiddich, Speyside, Tea spooned, William Grant & Sons
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Balvenie Peat Week, 2002-2017, 14yo, 48.3%
Balvenie produces a very lightly peated whisky throughout the year, but once every year (since 2002 at least) they’ve been producing heavily peated whisky. The first whisky of this ‘Peat Week’ program was released last year. Ever since visiting Balvenie … Continue reading
Whisky Advent Calendar, days 13 to 19…
So, I suddenly stopped blogging about the Whisky Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram / Master of Malt. This didn’t happen for nothing. I am also the editor-in-chief of our whisky club’s magazine, De Kiln. It’s a quarterly publication, … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Grain Whisky, - World Whisky, Balvenie, Fettercairn, Girvan, GlenDronach, Jura, Mackmyra
Tagged 100 Proof, Advent Calendar, Balvenie, Blended Whisky, Brukswhisky, Double Wood, Drinks by the Dram, Dufftown, Fettercairn, Fior, Free Sample, Girvan, Girvan Patent Still, GlenDronach, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Mackmyra, Master of Malt, NAS, Speyside, Superstition, Sweden, The Blended Whisky Company, The Lost Distilleries Blend
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A tour of Balvenie
So, during our little tromp through Speyside last week we started the Whisky bit off with a rather expansive tour of Balvenie distillery, their wee maltings and the cooperage. We were right on time for the tour, and were welcomed … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Balvenie
Tagged Balvenie, David Mair, Distillery Only, Distillery tour, Distillery visit, Scotland, Speyside, Warehouse 24, Whisky tasting, William Grant & Sons
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Burnside 1989-2014, 24 years old, 51.7% – Whiskybase
This is a blended malt, in a way. Well, officially it is. It’s a cask of Balvenie, teaspooned with Glenfiddich. So actually, it’s just Balvenie which they put some Glenfiddich in to make sure no one can call it that. … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Balvenie, Glenfiddich
Tagged 1989, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Burnside, Glenfiddich, Speyside, Tea spooned, Whiskybase
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Balvenie Tun 1509, batch 1, 47.1%
Balvenie got a lot of high marks with their Tun 1401 series over the last couple of years. The Tun 1858 was a release for Taiwan that Sam Simmons let us taste at Maltstock some 4 years ago, that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Balvenie, Dufftown, Speyside, Tun 1509, Whisky tasting, Whiskykoning
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Hielander Whisky Festival 2015
I realized a while ago that this 5th edition of the Hielander Whisky Festival is also the fifth time I’m there. So so far I didn’t miss a single one. I think this is something to keep up. This year, … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, - World Whisky, Armorik, Arran, Balvenie, Blair Athol, Cambus, Clynelish, Dailuaine, Glen Garioch, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Mortlach, Tomatin, Yoichi
Tagged Armorik, Arran, Balvenie, Blackadder, Blair Athol, Cambus, Clan Denny, Clynelish, Dailuaine, Distillery Only, Dutch Connection, French Whisky, Glen Garioch, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Grain Whisky, Hielander, Hielander Whisky Festival, Highlands, Japan, Jurgen's Whiskyhuis, Kintra, Lochranza, Millésime, Mortlach, Samaroli, Signatory, Speyside, Texelse Brouwerij, Tomatin, Uisge Beatha Taich, Warenghem, Yoichi
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