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Highland Park 1995-2017, 22yo, 53.2% – Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange
So, yet another sample sent to me from The Whisky Exchange. It’s the same as with everything in London: I should visit it sometime. Somehow, London seems elusive to me. It’s been on my wishlist for years, but it’s never … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, HIghland Park, Islands, Kirkwall, Orkney, The Whisky Exchange
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BTC Sample 18: Tobermory 20, 1995-2015, 54.7%, Rest & Be Thankful
This Rest & Be Thankful brand is a bit of a strange one. When they started bottling two years ago they got things riled up with some hugely overpriced Octomores. If I remember correctly those were twice as expensive as the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Blind Tasting Competition, Islands, Mull, Rest and be Thankful, Tobermory, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC Sample 10: Allt-a-Bhainne 18, 1995-2014, 59.2%, Chapter 7
This time I got 40 points for being spot on with it being an 18 year old whisky. I was in doubt between Highlands and Speyside, and randomly guessed the wrong side of that arbitrary line. I’ve not tried many … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Allt-a-Bhainne, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Chapter 7, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC sample 6: Glen Spey, 1995-2015, 20yo, 52.7%, Cadenhead’s
Apart from the one I didn’t enter in time, this is the first zero pointer I got this year. While that boils down to the second one in six days, that’s actually quite an okay score compared to previous years. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Authentic Collection, Blind Tasting Competition, Cadenhead's, Glen Spey, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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Tomatin 1995-2016, 21yo, Oloroso Sherry Finish, 46%
The third bottling from this year’s Limited Editions is also the oldest one. This wee baby was ‘only’ finished in Oloroso casks for three years after spending almost two decades in bourbon casks. The story from Scott Adamson was that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Bottle Share, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Sherry finish, Tomatin
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Clynelish 1995-2014, 19yo, 52.7% – Whisky-Fässle
So this post has been long in the making. I started typing out the tasting notes almost a week ago, with the idea to finish it soon after. You know, during some down time at work, or at the latest after … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Clynelish, Diageo, Highlands, Whisky-Fässle
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Imperial 1995-2016, 20yo, 50.1% – Signatory for The Whisky Exchange
Before let’s say, 2014 or so, Imperial wasn’t on many people’s radar. They were a closed distillery but not one that had gotten a cult status, unlike Rosebank for example. For me that changed during the Blind Tasting Competition on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Cask Strength, Closed Distillery, Free Sample, Imperial, Signatory, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange
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GlenDronach 1995-2015, 19yo, 54.2% – OB for Whiskybase
How is it, that without any indication a market can get fed up with a certain brand of whisky? I think that’s more or less what’s happening with mid-nineties (and younger) GlenDronach. Every year the distillery releases about two batches … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, GlenDronach, Highlands, Private Cask, PX puncheon, Sherry Cask, Whiskybase
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BenRiach 1995-2014, 18yo, Port Puncheon, 53.5% – OB for Whisky Weekend Twente
Those private casks for festivals and clubs always go in waves. Over the last couple of years it has been Bowmore, GlenDronach, Ledaig, Glenfarclas en also BenRiach. Now, with BenRiach it’s not very surprising since they always do a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, BenRiach, Festival bottling, Port Cask, Port Puncheon, Private Cask, Speyside
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