Tag Archives: 1974
Invergordon 44, 1974-2018, 51.6% – The Whisky Show Exclusive (Future Future)
After the Past Future, and the Present Future, we get to the last part of the triptych. The future, as the guys at The Whisky Show’s organisation expect the future to be in the future. I’m once again very close … Continue reading
Just short of greatness
You know that feeling when you are tasting a very, very good whisky, but somehow it just doesn’t cross the magical 90-point threshold? You realize that you’re tasting whisky that’s way above average, but you can’t shake the feeling you … Continue reading
Benromach 1974, 41yo, Sherry Cask, 49.1%
Finally, I decided to try this baby. G&M/Benromach sent it to me a few months ago, right about when all the other reviews came online. Somehow I’ve not been tasting a lot of whisky lately and I wanted to properly … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Benromach, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Smith’s Glenlivet 1974, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail’s Rare Vintage
Glenlivet doesn’t pop up all that often in independent bottlings. Also is it not quite on the radar of the usual suspects I taste whisky with. The result of that is, of course, that I don’t try many Glenlivets. This … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Free Sample, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Rare Vintage, Sherry Cask, Speyside, The Wood Makes the Whisky
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Ladyburn 1974-2015, 40yo, 40.9% – OB for the Asian Market
Like all other whisky fanatics, I don’t have much experience with Ladyburn. This is purely due to a lack of availability, and the prices of what is available. The distillery closed in 1975 so you can imagine that now, 41 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Ailsa Bay, Ayrshire, Girvan, Kevin Abrook, Ladyburn, Maltstock
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Ledaig 1974-1992, 43%
After trying the tremendous Ledaig 42 from 1972 last year, I thought there might be something to early seventies Ledaig. I never got around to trying many of those and when someone posted a share of this one on Facebook, … Continue reading
