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Category Archives: – News and Announcements
Glenrothes 1997-2016, 53.5% – WhiskyBroker (for Van Zuylen)
The Van Zuylen bit is between brackets in the title since this whisky came out as a shop bottling for Van Zuylen AND a regular bottling from WhiskyBroker. It seems they split the cask since it’s the same cask number … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Glenrothes, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Split cask, Whisky Van Zuylen, Whiskybroker
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Ardbeg 1993-2003, 52.9% – Spirit of Scotland for Potstill Vienna
Yet another random sample I found on my shelf. Ardbeg 1993 caught my eye since that’s a vintage that’s becoming insanely expensive nowadays. Of course, the label was lacking any other information, so I had absolutely no clue to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, Ardbeg, Islay, Potstill, Vienna
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Spring cleaning, 2019 edition
Every year there’s a period in which I get a bit itchy to downsize more or less every part of my life that’s consuming an out-of-proportion amount of time, effort and/or money. Bottles Generally I try to supress that itch … Continue reading
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Tamdhu Batch Strength 001, 58.8%
Sometimes someone else posts a bottle-share in ‘my’ bottle-share group and sometimes I buy or trade a sample of said share. In this situation, I got my hands on a 2015 bottling of Tamdhu, the first of their Batch Strength … Continue reading
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Tagged Batch Strength, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Tamdhu
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Benrinnes 19, 1997, 57.5% – Pot Still Edition
I’ve managed to find a whisky that’s been out, but is not very clearly available on Whiskybase. At least, I’ve not been able to find it. Let’s add it in a minute. Anyway, I managed to get my hands on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Benrinnes, Bourbon Cask, Potstill Edition, Potstill Vienna, Speyside
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The samples
So, I tallied the samples I’ve got lying and I got to 110 samples of whisky. That’s specific because there’s eight more samples of new make and thirty samples of assorted booze. I already finished three of them over the … Continue reading
Welcome in 2019
I’m not sure everyone saw it coming, but 2019 had been on the verge of being the year we live in since Christmas or so. How quickly these things go. Anyway, let’s do this 2019 thing! I’m not going to … Continue reading
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