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Glen Grant 2002, 12 years old, 59.9% – SMWS (9.100)
Sometimes you come across a sample in your sample collection that you can’t remember buying. When you find out it’s a 12 year old Glen Grant at almost 60%, you honestly can’t think why you ever spent money on it. … Continue reading
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Dutch Whisky Festival 2018
In twelve days the inaugural edition of Dutch Whisky Festival will take place. A couple of whisky buddies of mine (Jeroen Koetsier and Arno Borsboom, with help from Michiel Wigman) are organizing it in Arnhem with the festival focusing on … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnhem, Dutch Whisky Festival, Whisky Festival
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Balblair 1996-2018, 54.4% – OB for La Maison du Whisky
I love Balblair. I liked them before, but ever since I visited them in 2013, I really loved them. However, I somehow barely ever buy a bottle. Some, but not a lot. Which I tried to remedy a little bit … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Balblair, Highlands, La Maison du Whisky, Sherry Cask
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The sound of silence…
Sooo, it’s been insanely quiet here. I don’t think there ever has been more than a week of nothing before, but now it’s up to three weeks. This happened because of summer holidays for the last two weeks. Before that, … Continue reading
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My accidental blend…
Last week I blogged about Ardbeg and spontaneously comparing it to my ‘accidental blend’. This blending happening deserves a post of its own, which also is a bit of a ‘look at me fucking up’ post… I’ve embarrassed myself in … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Glen Scotia, Glenlossie
Tagged 1994, 2001, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead's, Campbeltown, Glen Scotia, Glenlossie, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Warehouse tasting
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Happy New Year! (?)
I’ve been putting this post off for almost three weeks now. Mostly because I’ve had no idea what to write about this time around. Maybe I should start by reflecting a bit on 2017. A year with big ups and … Continue reading
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Bottoms up! at De Whiskykoning
Just a bit of bragging, now. Yesterday the annual Bottoms Up tasting at De Whiskykoning took place. All kinds of scraps from his tasting room were available for one last hurrah! Of course, you have to be suspicious of things … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlour, AnCnoc, Clynelish, Craigellachie, De Whiskykoning, Glenglassaugh, Pulteney, Springbank, Talisker, Teeling
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Bowmore 2001, 15yo, 55.6% – Signatory for The Whisky Exchange
This Bowmore did get a bit of talking about in a bottle share group I’m in. Mostly because it clocks in at 160 quid per bottle, which seems like a lot for a 15 year old Bowmore. This was extra … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Free Sample, Islay, Signatory, The Whisky Exchange
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Frapin 1993 Cognac, 43.2% – The Whisky Exchange
A little while ago I got a surprise sample of a new Cognac bottled for The Whisky Exchange, from producer Frapin. The biggest surprise was that they sent this to me since I know absolutely nothing about Cognac. What I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, Cognac, Frapin, Free Sample, The Whisky Exchange
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Islay, a baby and Twitter
It’s been two weeks since I’ve blogged. In those two weeks quite a lot has happened, varying from major life changing things to unimportant things that are fun to yap about. Baby On May 17th, our third child, Cato, was … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Lagavulin
Tagged 1975, 1991, Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Duchess, Feis Ile, Islay, Lagavulin, Lagavulin Jazz Festival, Rare Malts
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Malt Fascination 