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Tag Archives: 1998
Glen Moray Distillery, and their tasting kit
Last October I was staying in Speyside with my family. And even though my kids are 6, 4 and 1 years old, I found I had the moral and educational obligation to show them a whisky distillery. The closest one … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Glen Moray
Tagged 1998, 2008, cider cask, Distillery Only, Distillery tour, Elgin, Glen Moray, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Bowmore 1998-2013, 15yo, Refill Butt, 52.1% – The Whisky Agency
Sherried Bowmore from the nineties. I’m game! When this was released by The Whisky Agency in 2013, I immediately picked up a bottle. Based on previous experiences, and while they’re not guarantee for future success, I’m glad I took this … Continue reading
Love and hate for Lagavulin
That’s some title, isn’t it? Hate is quite overstated, but I have to lure unsuspecting readers in some way, don’t I? Anyway, the third and last distillery we toured while on Islay a few weeks ago was Lagavulin. I did … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Lagavulin
Tagged 1982, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2012, Bourbon Cask, Distillery tour, Iain McArthur, Islay, Lagavulin, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Warehouse tasting
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Caroni 20yo, 1998-2018, 64.6% – The Duchess
The guys at The Duchess seem to be on the rum train! I talked to Nils about this and he told this was mostly due to availability. The whisky market is booming and therefore caskes are scarce. With rum this … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Caroni
Tagged 1998, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Caroni, Free Sample, The Duchess, Trinidad
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BTC #15 to #18: Old Pulteney, Speyside, Bowmore and Strathisla
Right, again, some catching up to do. Of course this happens in the home stretch of the Blind Tasting Competition. This last period of the competition is also lovingly known as ‘I no longer really care about it since I … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore, Old Pulteney, Speyside, Strathisla
Tagged 1991, 1998, 2003, 2006, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Cadenhead, Distillery Only, Highlands, Islay, Old Pulteney, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Speyside, Strathisla, Usquebaugh Society
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Two new releases from The Duchess
Since Best of Wines in Bussum, The Netherlands, has been bottling whisky, they’ve not released a lot. As far as I know there have been only three bottlings prior to these. Three are in their Shieldmaidens range, and one was … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Glenrothes
Tagged 1996, 1998, Bellevue, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bourbon Cask, Glenrothes, Guadeloupe, Rum, Shieldmaidens, Speyside, The Duchess
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Three new Speysides from Archives
Last week the guys from WhiskyBase released five new bottlings in their Archives series. Three ‘Speysides’ from 1973, 1973 and 1998, and a Glentauchers and Glen Keith, respectively from 1996 and 1992. The first two are in a new series, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, 1998, Archives, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Whiskybase
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