Tag Archives: 1997
Jura 1997-2011, 45% – Samaroli Coilltean
This mix of three casks was bottled over a decade ago by Samaroli. That’s a legendary whisky bottler from Italy that is widely regarded as having bottled the best whiskies ever several decades ago. I’m not entirely sure how that … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 15, 1997-2013, Bourbon Cask 1077, 58.3% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery
Even though I went to visit Old Pulteney in October, and bottled two bottles when I was there, I’m reviewing a different one. This one was bottled by Thijs (of Words of Whisky fame), all these years ago and has … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Bourbon Cask, Hand bottled, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Thijs Klaverstijn, Wick
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Caperdonich 25, 1997-2022, Hogshead 30900, 56.2% – The Duchess
With a couple of rum releases that are coming up on this here blog soon, and now this Caperdonich, it seems that The Duchess is back at it in regard to bottling quality booze! I’m not sure if it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bourbon Cask, Caperdonich, Glen Grant 2, Hans Dillesse, Speyside, The Duchess
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Ardmore 24, 1997-2022, Hogshead 901451, 49.6% – WhiskyNerds
There’s a few bottlers out there that get me all excited when a new release is announced. I guess the main two of those are WhiskyNerds and Wu Dram Clan. And yes, they are both doing more or less the … Continue reading
Clynelish 17, 1997-2014, Hogshead, 46% – Wemyss
This whisky is called ‘Sweet and Sour Chutney’. I like Clynelish, and I like Indian food. Sounds good to me! What also helps is that this line of whiskies from Wemyss is generally pretty good, and 1997 was an exceptional … Continue reading
Glentauchers 21, 1997-2019, Barrel 3833, 49.3% – Archives for CaskAid
CaskAid is a Belgium NPO that sells independently bottled whisky for charity. That sounds like a good way of raising money to me, and when combined with Archives, we should be in for some good stuff! Archives is the independent … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Archives, Bourbon Cask, CaskAid, Charity, Glentauchers, Speyside, Whiskybase
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Mannochmore 22, 1997-2020, First Fill Sherry Butt 12098, 55.8% – Gordon & MacPhail
This year’s Blind Tasting Competition has started, and it has done so in a great manner! Best of Wines started their sample kit with this rather well aged Mannochmore for which virtually no-one scored a lot of points. I scored … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Gordon & MacPhail, Mannochmore, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Secret Speyside 24, 1997-2022, 2 Refill Barrels, 50.3% – Thompson Brothers
Yet another undisclosed distillery. It is almost like that is a thing nowadays. This time it’s a Speyside one, just like yesterday. However, according to retailers, Whiskybase and most likely other sources of information, this is a bottling from Glenlivet. … Continue reading
Wardhead 21, 1997-2018, 54.6% – Càrn Mòr
Which distillery is this, this Wardhead? Well, as most whisky nerds know by now, there are some code names for distilleries that don’t want their name used on labels. Westport is Glenmorangie, Burnside is Balvenie, ‘Secret Orkney’ is Highland Park, … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Glenfiddich, Undisclosed
Tagged 1997, Blended Malt, Glenfiddich, Morrison and MacKay, Speyside, Teaspooned, Undisclosed Distillery, Wardhead
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Speyside Distillery, 1997-2018, Bourbon Hogshead, 47.8% – Malts of Scotland
Speyside as a distillery is generally a fairly nondescript thing. It exists, but you don’t see it all that often, and since it is also a region, I generally have to look thrice to actually remember whether it is an … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Bourbon Cask, Malts of Scotland, Speyside, Speyside Distillery
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