Tag Archives: 2002
Balblair 18, 2002-2020, Hogshead 20100, 51.7% – The Single Malts of Scotland (for Belgium)
Balblair is one of those distilleries that I have a soft spot for, even though their whiskies don’t often end up on my shelf. Their official releases are quite hard to get in The Netherlands, for some reason, and unofficial … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Balblair, Belgium, Bourbon Cask, Edderton, Elixir Distillers, Highlands, Scotch, Scotland, Single Malt, SIngle Malts of Scotland, The Nectar, Whiskey, Whisky
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Glen Scotia 17, 2002-2019, Refill Hogshead, 46% – Vintage Release No. 2, Crosshill Loch
Another one of those whiskies that’s a mouth full to write down as a title. One that is nearing it’s end of life on my shelf, with only a couple more glasses to go. This one is a bourbon cask … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Glen Scotia, Vintage Release
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Bowmore 17, 2002-2019, Bourbon Hogshead, 53.6% – Cadenhead
Over a decade ago I visited quite a lot of whisky tastings at De Whiskykoning in Den Bosch. Even back then, when a 6 to 10 year old Bowmore from around 2000/2002 came out from bottlers like The Ultimate or … Continue reading
Cooley 20, 2002-2022, Barrel 2215, 57.1% – Whiskybase
For every 10,000 bottles added to Whiskybase, they try to release a single cask whisky. Most of them are very interesting and rather decently priced. This one, bottled for the 200,000th addition, was a bit on the expensive side of … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Cooley
Tagged 2002, Cooley, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whiskybase
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Secret Islay 20, 2002-2022, Sherry cask, 53.1% – Earlskine
After the first batch of Earlskine whiskies, there is now a new bottling. This time it is an undisclosed Islay whisky, with some hints on the label that leave exactly one option. So, there’s little guessing there. I like that … Continue reading
Posted in Lagavulin, Undisclosed
Tagged 2002, Earlskine, Earlskine - Your Whisky Destination, Islay, Lagavulin, Sherry Cask, Undisclosed Distillery
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Special Vatting 12, 2002-2014, Sherry Casks, 45% – Michel Couvreur
These whiskies by French bottler Michel Couvreur tend to be a love-it-or-hate-it thing. I am in the first camp, although that absolutely doesn’t go for anything they produce. I generally don’t get too thrilled by 4 year old grain whisky, … Continue reading
Best of Wines’ Blind Tasting Competition #2
Part two of the four part series in which I quickly go over the whiskies we had in the Blind Tasting Competition by Best of Wines. As said before, and in previous years when I participated in The Usquebaugh Society’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ardnamurchan, Springbank, Strathmill
Tagged 2002, 2009, 2014, 2015, Ardnamurchan, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Carn Mor, Madeira cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, STR, Strathmill, Wine cask
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Longmorn 17, 2002, Bourbon Cask, 53.9% – SMWS (7.239, Lemon curd bread-and-butter pudding)
Well, at least this time around the name of the whisky has something to do with flavors that make any sense. So I cound that as a win! Other than that we’re talking about a bourbon matured Longmorn here. Of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Bourbon Cask, Longmorn, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Speyside
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