Category Archives: Speyburn
Speyburn 25, 1977-2004, Cask 1859, 62.5%
I have no idea what happened here, but a 25 year old single malt from Scotland at 62.5% is a sight to behold. As in, it is something else to taste, because the ABV isn’t really visible until you set … Continue reading
Speyburn 26, 1988-2015, Cask 2114, 52.3% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Speyburn, one of those distilleries that does things more or less the same as they did it when the distillery opened. At least, that’s the way their official bottlings taste. Made more or less infamous by the insessant unwanted marketing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Advent Calendar, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Speyburn, Speyside
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Speyburn 2004-2018, 52.5% – OB for Boomsma NL
I wrote a little introduction to Speyburn distillery a little while ago and I thought about copying it here. You know, just to check if people read with a bit of attention and notice. Anyway, this whisky was released last … Continue reading
Speyburn 1989-2013, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
Speyburn. One of these rather unknown distilleries that’s not open to the general public, but who are trying to make headway with all kinds of cool Christmas marketing. At the end of 2017 I got one of those Christmas sweaters … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Connoisseur's Choice, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Cask, Speyburn, 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
Speyburn 1991, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
Upon launching their ‘The Wood makes the Whisky‘ campaign, Gordon & MacPhail have sent out quite a few samples to bloggers around, well, Europe I guess. In the past I’ve reviewed a couple of them, but it was about damn … Continue reading
BTC sample 18 – Speyburn 22, 50%
The final sample of the Blind Tasting Competition. It has been a fun ride with a few highs and many shameful lows. There have been quite a few whiskies for which I scored 0 points. (including this one). Many whiskies … Continue reading
Posted in Linlithgow, Speyburn, St. Magdalene
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Ladyburn, Linlithgow, Lowlands, Old Ayrshire, Speyburn, Speyside, St. Magdalene, Usquebaugh Society
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Malt Fascination 