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BTC: Sample 4 (Caol Ila 11, 59%)
Right, one of the first posts published in a weekend, but I will try to keep that up until Christmas. A daily sample means also in the weekend, and I don’t want to do posts with three wild guesses at … Continue reading
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BTC: Sample 3 (Bunnahabhain 12, 46.3%)
Another day, another dram. This time from sherry casks. Luckily the system allows for guesses and still grants you some points when you can be completely wrong. It wouldn’t make any sense to have only points for a correct answer, … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 2 (Tobermory 10, 46.3%)
The second day of Blind Tastings. Another wild guess. The guys who organized it sure picked some completely random whiskies from what was available in the country. I didn’t make top 15 yesterday (from about 30 contestants) so I did … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 1 (Bladnoch 10, 55%)
Yesterday the first Blind Tasting Competition by the Usquebaugh Society was kicked off. The first sample labeled ‘1’ was tasting by about 30 people throughout the Netherlands and the results were filled in before 11 PM, then the big reveal … Continue reading
Brora 1980-2002 – Les Clan des Grands Malts
Thanks to one of the Longmorn brothers dropping by a week or two ago and trading some samples, I have some really terrific stuff coming up in the coming weeks. The original idea was to trade some samples for a … Continue reading
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Springbank 12 CS
The 2010 bottling of Springbank 12 Cask Strength is the one to replace the old 100 proof. Their stocks are finally up enough to get rid of the No-Age-Stated standard cask strength bottling, which is a good thing. At least … Continue reading
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Dailuaine 27 – Master of Malt
I got this sample quite a while ago and the idea was to review it much earlier, but for some reason it got overwhelmed by other wee bottles on the ‘to sample’ shelf. Unfortunately, for you guys, the bottles are … Continue reading
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Malt Maniacs Awards 2011
You probably already noticed on Facebook or Twitter that the 2011 Malt Maniacs Awards have been released. At first glance I noticed that many Karuizawas from 1981 are very popular, and of course, that is a great year! I don’t … Continue reading
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Irish Whiskey Twitter Tasting
Yesterday I called this a Midleton tasting on Twitter, and that is only a half truth. All whiskies from the tasting are distilled at the New Midleton Distillery, but only one of them is a Midleton whiskey. It was hosted … Continue reading
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ProBieren at De Groote Weiver
The monthly beer tasting at De Groote Weiver was happening again yesterday. I reserved two tickets, but went for just one in the end. The misses didn’t really feel like drinking five really dark and heavy Belgian beers. Luckily for … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 