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Tag Archives: 2004
Old Pulteney 2004-2018, Cask 128, 62.1% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
Old Pulteney is an underrated distillery, in most cases. People now know that older versions, like the 1990 or 1989 that won Jim Murray’s Best Whisky thingy, are good, but there’s a lot more that’s good from the Wick distillery. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Free Sample, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange, Wick
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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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BTC #10, #11 and #12
Time to catch up! Due to heavy drinking on Friday night and a sleep in on Sunday, I didn’t get around to blogging about the last couple of Blind Tasting Competition Days. Yesterday, day 12, was the first one I … Continue reading
Posted in Braeval, Glenturret, Laphroaig
Tagged 2000, 2002, 2004, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Braeval, Cask Strength, Glenturret, Highlands, Islay, Laphroaig, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC #4 and #5: Ballechin and Glenfiddich
Yesterday I didn’t get around to a write up of the Blind Tasting Competition’s fourth sample, so today you’re in for a double whammy. As always with this kind of thing, there’s not much to talk about since we’re going … Continue reading
BTC 2016, sample 1: Tomatin 11, 60%, OB for the Usquebaugh Society
During previous BTCs we (me and other participants) have discussed the difference between a whisky from a bottle and whisky that’s been sampled before. We don’t have a clue what causes it, and there might be several, but there is … Continue reading
Tomatin 2004-2016, 11yo, 60% – OB for the Usquebaugh Society
As always our club bottled a cask of whisky earlier this year. 40 members gathered in Abcoude, near Amsterdam, to participate in a tasting hosted by Scott Adamson of Tomatin Distillery. He guided us through the tasting of four different … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Club Bottling, Highlands, Official Bottling, Scott Adamson, Tomatin, Usquebaugh Society
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