Tag Archives: Blended Whisky
Black Bull 30 years old, 50% – Duncan Taylor
Black Bull is a blended whisky from Duncan Taylor that exists in a sort of premium space. By this I mean that even the ‘regular’ 12 year old is being held in pretty high esteem is not a whisky scoffed … Continue reading
The General, 53.4% – Compass Box
Compass Box is a highly regarded whisky ‘releaser’. They release all kinds of whiskies that they generally blend in their London offices. I don’t call them a blender in the regular sense of the word since I think they’re more … Continue reading
Campbeltown Loch 30, 40%
Several years ago I bought this bottle after tasting it and mistaking it for a single malt. I’d like to say I’ve come a long way since then, but I guess that’s just wishful thinking. In this case I feel … Continue reading
The Lost Distilleries Blend, Batch 4, 50.9% – The Blended Whisky Company/Master of Malt
As I’ve said plenty of times before, Master of Malt is not only a shop but also a bottler. Although, between the stuff they produce, have produced and bottle under one of their labels, you’d start to think it’s the … Continue reading
Bottoms Up!
Tonight a couple of friends and I are going to try and get my open-bottle-count down somewhat. Since I’ve been trying to do this on my own last year I found that a) it doesn’t work that well, and b) … Continue reading
Hankey Bannister Heritage Blend, 46%
Hankey Bannister is a brand of blended whiskies inspired by recipes from a century ago. Of course, this is what all smaller brands of blended whiskies proclaim and they can, since there is almost no one who can verify whether … Continue reading
Regional Tasting Noord-Holland
The Regional Tastings is a member-organized series of tastings held in certain regions of the Netherlands. The members are of the Usquebaugh Society. This to accomodate smaller groups that don’t like to drive all across the Netherlands for a few … Continue reading