Tag Archives: 2017
Digging into Dornoch Distillery
It’s time for some catching up to do. I still have this, and one other guest post by Tom waiting to be published, so let’s do one today and try to not wait too long with the other one (which … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Bourbon Cask, Dominiek Bouckaert, Dornoch, Guest Post, Highlands, Sutherland, Tom van Engelen
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Annandale 4, 2017-2022, STR + French Red Wine Cask, 58.8%
Well, this might be the first Annandale I’ve had that is under 60% ABV, albeit not by much. Day 10 of the Blind Tasting Competition brings us to the southernmost part of the Scottish Lowlands. So far, I’ve only had … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Annandale, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Lowlands, Wine cask
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Raasay 3, Batch R-01, Rye & Chinkapin & Bordeaux casks, 46.4%
So, this turns out to be a re-tasting. I had completely forgotten that I had already tried and reviewed this whisky in 2021. With my sample not being empty and just sitting on the shelf for a year or 2, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 2018, Chinkapin cask, Highlands, Islands, Isle of Raasay, Raasay, Rye cask, Wine cask
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Balcones 4, 2017-2021, American Oak Barrel 16993, 63.6% – Archives
It’s not often that a four year old whisky scores richly above 88 points on Whiskybase, but this one does. It’s 28 votes, so not the most in the world, but not insignificant either. This Texas single malt whisky was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, American Whiskey, Archives, Balcones, Texas, Virgin oak cask, Waco, Whiskybase
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The Nordic Casks #1, Berry Bros. & Rudd
A little while ago, ‘The Nordic Casks’ were released by London bottler Berry Bros. & Rudd. The Nordic Casks is a set of four different whiskies from, you’d never guess, the Nordics. Single cask bottlings from a distillery in Norway, … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Fary Lochan, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken
Tagged 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Denmark, Fary Lochan, Finland, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken, Nettle smoked, Nordic Casks, Norway, Sherry Cask, Sweden
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Isle of Raasay 3, 2017+2018-2021, Batch R-01, 46.4%
I didn’t put the cask type in the title, since there has to be something left for the post itself too. This, apparently, is a mix of rye whisky and bordeaux casks, but there are also chinkapin oak casks in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 2018, Chinkapin cask, Islands, Isle of Raasay, Raasay, Rye whisky cask, Wine cask
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Torabhaig Allt Gleann, 2017+2018, Bourbon casks, 46%
Torabhaig is the second distillery on Skye, after Talisker. As in, it’s not the second distillery ever, but it is currently. It’s been operational for a few years now and early this year the initial release came out, which I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 2018, Allt Gleann, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Skye, Skye, The Legacy Series, Torabhaig
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Waterford Hook Head 1.1, 3yo, 50%
I’ve not done the tally, but it feels like Waterford has released whisky from about 300 different farms in Ireland in the last year or so. I understand they’re going for terroir, and you need to be able to compare … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Waterford
Tagged 2017, Bourbon Cask, Hook Head, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Mark Reynier, Virgin oak cask, Waterford, Wine cask
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Malt Fascination 