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Lagavulin 11, Charred Oak Casks, 46% – Offerman 3rd Edition
So, finally these have become available in The Netherlands. The previous two batches weren’t and that annoyed me to no end. And yes, I’m a bit of a Nick Offerman fan, and not just because of Ron Swanson in Parks … Continue reading
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Tagged Charred Oak, Islay, Lagavulin, Nick Offerman, Offerman Edition
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Glenburgie 27, 1995-2022, Hogshead 6668, 57.7% – Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan
The last of the three bottlings for Wu Dram Clan’s third anniversary. I wonder whether they picked three because there’s three of them, or because they’re three years old. If it’s the latter, we’re in for some interesting follow up … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Anniversary, Bourbon Cask, Glenburgie, Signatory Vintage, Speyside, Wu Dram Clan
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Balcones 4, 2017-2021, American Oak Barrel 16993, 63.6% – Archives
It’s not often that a four year old whisky scores richly above 88 points on Whiskybase, but this one does. It’s 28 votes, so not the most in the world, but not insignificant either. This Texas single malt whisky was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, American Whiskey, Archives, Balcones, Texas, Virgin oak cask, Waco, Whiskybase
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Teaninich 20, 1999-2019, Hogshead 307938, 55.7% – Archives
Teaninich is one of the work horse distilleries of Diageo, situated in Alness where I happened to reside for a couple of days at the end of October. Didn’t go to the distillery though, since they don’t receive visitors and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Archives, Bourbon Cask, Highlands, Teaninich, Whiskybase
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Clynelish 18, Refill Bourbon Barrel 26.70, 54.7% – SMWS (Gobstoppers in the Headmaster’s Office)
Yes, one of those names that doesn’t mean anything to me unless I Google it. And even then relevance is highly limited. But in the end, it’s what in the bottle that counts. Interestingly, this whisky is a bottle I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Highlands, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS
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Macallan ‘Rich Cacao’, The Harmony Collection, 44%
The fifth of twelve whiskies in this year’s Blind Tasting Competition. Because age-guessing is part of the game, I never think of NAS whiskies. But, apart from that, I would never have guessed Macallan. Just on principe. Value for Money … Continue reading
Watt Whisky, in person
With a group of friends that I’ve known for almost 20 years, we go to Scotland more or less every two years. The previous trip was in 2018, to Islay, which meant the next one was planned for the spring … Continue reading
On scoring whiskies
Over the last year or so, I’ve gotten some questions about whisky ratings. In general, as to what means what, why most things score in the eighties, but also about my ratings in particular. Some people find my ratings a … Continue reading
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Black Friday 2021, 22yo, 49.2% – The Whisky Exchange
At The Whisky Exchange, they’ve become quite adept at creating traditions. Apart from hosting some festivals, they also release some very special limited releases that I always look forward to. The same is true for their Fine Christmas Malt, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange
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Closing the door on 2020
Fair warning: I’m going to ramble. Let’s do some reviewing of 2020, shall we? Of course, there’s a million other pages out there doing that, going on about how Corona affected their lives and their livelihood and such. I’m not … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 