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Lagg Corriecravie, Sherry Cask Finish, 55%
While trying to focus on all kinds of townships and locations on the Isle of Arran, Lagg have taken to the smallest named settlements they could find, or so it seems. Corriecravie is a couple of minutes west of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Corriecravie, Isle of Arran, Lagg, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Whisky
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Arran Arranach, bottled from 2022 and 2023, 56.3% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery
The Arranach is a cask thingy happening at Arran distillery on the island of the same name. Back when I was there in early 2022 I don’t think these wee bottles were available. There were several distillery only bottlings, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Arran, Distillery Only, Hand bottled, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, Sherry Cask
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Arran 13, 2022, Peated Pinot Noir, 56% – OB for The Netherlands
The first day of the annual Blind Tasting Competition by Best of Wines is almost a week ago, and so far I’m doing insanely bad. In part because I’m really bad at blind tasting, and in part because I still … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Exclusive, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, Wine cask
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Bunnahabhain Staoisha 7, 2013-2021, Barrel 13000244, 59.1% – Archives
Bunnahabhain took a page from the Bruichladdich book by rebranding their different styles into different brands. Where Bruichladdich has the distillery name for the unpeated single malt, Port Charlotte for their peated whisky and Octomore for their liquid ashtrays, Bunnahabhain … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Archives, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Goatfell, Islay, Staoisha, Whiskybase
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Lagg 3, Kilmory Edition, 2019-2023, ex-Bourbon Barrel, 46%
When Tom’s review of this new Arran based distillery got published, I figured it was his enthusiasm for new distilleries that warranted the high rating of Lagg’s Kilmory Edition. Generally I tend to be a bit less thrilled with these … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Arran, Kilmory, Lagg, Tom van Engelen
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Arran ‘The Bothy’, Quarter Cask, 56.2%
Last week I reviewed the sherry cask Arran I used in the tasting at work. This time it’s the bourbon cask’s turn in the lime light. Trying to show contrasts in whisky, I figured going for a sherry versus a … Continue reading
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Arran Sherry Cask, bottled in 2022, 55.8%
Like the previous BenRiach, this one was used in a whisky tasting. I pitted it against is NAS sibling from bourbon casks, called ‘The Bothy’. I’ll review that one shortly. Apart from being on Arran last year, there’s not much … Continue reading
Lagg 3, Kilmory Edition, 2019-2023, ex-Bourbon Barrel, 46%
Another new distillery and by now it should not come as too much of a surprise that Tom is on it! This time it’s Arran’s Lagg distillery. The other distillery, on the other end of the island, owned by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Guest Post, Islands, Isle of Arran, Kilmory, Lagg, Tom van Engelen
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Arran 18, Sherry casks, bottled 2021, 46%
Even though the distillery isn’t even 30 years old, I think Arran have been on the right track for quite a while. They’re not really doing anything all that different from many of the other distilleries, but they do things … Continue reading
Arran 13, Peated Pinot Noir Cask, 56% – OB for The Netherlands
Look at me reviewing a recent release of which I wasn’t sent a sample! That never happens! Anyway, this one popped up a few weeks ago on the shelves of Dutch whisky shops. It stood out because it being a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Bottled for The Netherlands, Islands, Isle of Arran, Wine cask
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Malt Fascination 