Category Archives: Clynelish
Clynelish 17, 58%, bottled for the Broracademy – Cadenhead
Of this bottle there are two versions. One is bottled by Cadenhead in their wood series range. The other were just a few dozen bottled for the exclusive Broracademy. The Broracademy was a massive Brora tasting, inside the remnants of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brora, Broracademy, Cadenhead, Clynelish, Fiddler's, Highlands
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Clynelish 1995-2011, 46%, cask #8658 – Robert Graham’s Dancing Stag
Apparently I had a sample of this whisky sitting on my sample shelf for a while. Don’t how it got there or who brought it. But it was there. And when going through those samples to take on holiday I … Continue reading
Whiskylunch 2013
On April 21st a couple of friends and I went to partake in the annual Whisky Lunch hosted by our local liquor shop and restaurant ‘De 5e smaak’ (the fifth flavour). I went there last year as well, with my … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore, Clynelish, Glentauchers, Springbank, Undisclosed
Tagged Adelphi, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bowmore, Clynelish, Creative Whisky Company, Glentauchers, Wemyss
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Clynelish 13, 1993-2006, 46% – John Milroy Selection
Another Clynelish I’ve recently emptied and one that I bought in a clearance sale a few years ago for some € 40 or so. A nice price for a single cask Clynelish if you ask me. Of course, there have … Continue reading
Clynelish 15, 1997-2012, 53.5% – The Whiskyman
The Whiskyman is a Belgian bottler of supposedly fine malts. He is very popular there, but in The Netherlands I have not seen his bottles yet, apart from this one which I ordered in Belgium… He has a few different … Continue reading
Clynelish 1971-2009, 47.9% – Old Malt Cask
A Clynelish from the early years of the distillery! After it was opened in 1968 it was only in production for three years before this barrel was laid to rest. It waited a glorious 38 years before it was bottled … Continue reading
Clynelish 12, 57% – Samaroli Coilltean
Samaroli is, of course, the famous bottler from Italy that bottled (according to many) the best whiskies ever some decades ago. I believe this was the early eighties. Since then they have only released a couple bottlings until a large … Continue reading
Clynelish 12 – Friends of the Classic Malts
I haven’t seen any new bottlings recently, but until 2010 or so Diageo bottled a new ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ bottling every year, more or less. There have been a Talisker, Lagavulin, Cragganmore and this Clynelish in the period … Continue reading
Hielander Whisky Festival 2013
The whisky festival in Alkmaar, hosted by Wullie MacMorland of The Hielander Scottish Restaurant is usually the first official whisky event of the year. This year it is no different. Funnily enough I go there every year with different people. … Continue reading
Posted in Balvenie, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Clynelish, Glen Keith, GlenDronach, Hazelburn, Littlemill, Mortlach, Port Ellen, Undisclosed
Tagged Balvenie, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bert Vuik, Clynelish, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Douglas Laing, Drinks & Gifts, Dutch Connection, Dutch Whisky Connection, Fred Laing, Glen Keith, GlenDronach, Hanyu, Hazelburn, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, Littlemill, Michiel Wigman, Mortlach, Old Guns, Old Malt Cask, Port Ellen, Prichard's, Somewhere in Speyside, Springbank, The Maltman
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