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Tag Archives: Berry Brothers and Rudd
Speyburn 26, 1988-2015, Cask 2114, 52.3% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Speyburn, one of those distilleries that does things more or less the same as they did it when the distillery opened. At least, that’s the way their official bottlings taste. Made more or less infamous by the insessant unwanted marketing … Continue reading
Posted in Speyburn
Tagged 1988, Advent Calendar, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Speyburn, Speyside
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Orkney Island 2005-2020, 14yo, 59.7% – Berry Bros & Rudd for Whiskybase
Of course this is Highland Park. All of the ‘undisclosed’ Orkney whiskies are Highland Park. This one was released sometime during the end of last year and I scored a bottle for bottle-sharing. I ended up with some 10cl for … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2005, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Undisclosed Distillery, Whiskybase
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Berry Brothers and Rudd’s Sherry Cask
Yet again, Tom van Engelen climbs his pen, as we say in The Netherlands. This time he tries a sherry cask from Berry’s and a 1968 Glen Garioch. Talk about old whisky… A sherry cask matured whisky can be a … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, - Guest Post, Glen Garioch
Tagged 1968, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blended Malt, Glen Garioch, Guest Post, Highlands, Tom van Engelen
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Highland Park 18, 1999-2018, 53.6% – Berry Brothers & Rudd
I was discussing a trip to Scotland I’m planning for winter with a friend, with said friend. We were debating whether or not to fly to Glasgow and do the Arran/Campbeltown/Fort William trip or to fly to Inverness and venture … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park
Tagged 1999, Berry Brothers and Rudd, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask
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Bunnahabhain 1987-2014, 26yo, Sherry butt, 49.8% – Berry Brothers and Rudd
In seven days I’ll be at Bunnahabhain Distillery, or maybe I’ve just left to go have lunch somewhere. We’ve planned the tour and warehouse tasting and I’m looking forward a lot. I’ve only ever been at the distillery without doing … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain
Tagged 1987, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blog Birthday Bash, Bunnahabhain, Islay, Sherry Cask
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Just short of greatness
You know that feeling when you are tasting a very, very good whisky, but somehow it just doesn’t cross the magical 90-point threshold? You realize that you’re tasting whisky that’s way above average, but you can’t shake the feeling you … Continue reading
Hielander Whisky Festival 2016
Yesterday I went to another awesome session of the Hielander Whisky Festival in Alkmaar. I took some pictures, but obviously not of everything I tried. I am far too forgetful for that, and I also don’t want to disclose my … Continue reading
Posted in - Festival, Ben Nevis, Bunnahabhain, Clynelish, Kavalan, Linkwood, Longmorn, Springbank, Tomatin
Tagged 1976, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2002, Ben Nevis 1973, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Cask Strength, Christmas Edition, Claret cask, Clynelish 1982, Daily Dram, First Cask, Highlands, Islay, Kavalan, Linkwood, Liquid Sun, Old Pulteney, Open Day, Sherry Cask, Solist, Speyside, Springbank, Taiwan, Tomatin, Whisky Import Nederland
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Blog Birthday Bash #5
Today is the 5th birthday of my blog. Almost 1250 posts in, with a couple thousand visitors every month, I’m still having fun doing this. To celebrate, ever since the first birthday in 2010, I invite a couple of friends … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Grain Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, Arran, BenRiach, Blair Athol, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Caledonian, Clynelish, Cooley, Dailuaine, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Glentauchers, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Littlemill, Millburn, Royal Brackla, Tamdhu, Tomatin, Undisclosed
Tagged 1965, 1974, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2006, Adelphi, Arran, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blackadder, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead's, Caledonian, Cask Ends, Clan Denny, Clynelish, Cooley Bushmills, Dailuaine, Decades, Distillery Only, Feis Ile, Friends of the Classic Malts, Futures, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Glentauchers, Grain Whiskey, Hammerfall, Hand Filled, HIghland Park, Highlands, Irish Whiskey, Islands, Islay, Liquid Sun, Littlemill, Lowlands, Moon Import, NAS, Orkney, Raw Cask, Schloss Whisky, Sherry Cask, Signatory, Speyside, Tamdhu, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, The Ultimate, Tomatin, Undisclosed Distillery, Whisky Auction, X4
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Another iteration of an Usquebaugh Regional Tasting
Every once in a while we do a regional tasting for Usquebaugh Society members. Today was another one themed ‘patience’. That boiled down to mostly bottles from a couple of years ago. In some cases that ‘couple’ is an understatement. … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Highland Park, Laphroaig, Scapa, Springbank
Tagged Abbey Whisky, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blackadder, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Christmas Edition, City of Zwolle, Clynelish, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Feis Ile, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, HIghland Park, Laphroaig, Scapa, Signatory, Springbank, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky tasting
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Blog Birthday Bash #4
Last Saturday was the day of this wee blog’s fourth birthday party. Not the actual 4th birthday but due to pregnancy and the lack of planning thereof we pulled that forward a little bit. As said in the announcement post … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Irish Whiskey, - News and Announcements, - Other Spirits
Tagged - Armagnac, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Candid, Clynelish, Cooley, Cragganmore, Creative Whisky Company, Dalmore, David Stirk, Distillery Only, Feis Ile, France, Glengyle, Highlands, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, Longmorn, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Old Crow, Pearls of Scotland, Provenance, Scott's Selection, Speyside, The Whisky Agency, USA, Whisky Broker
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