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Tag Archives: Bottle Share
Dictador 1976, 40 years old, cask SHC 394, 46.4%
Some months ago I blogged about a rum bottle share that more or less lacked in interestingness. There were various levels of quality and age to those rums, but the similarity between all of them was that I wouldn’t spend … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Dictador
Tagged 1976, Best of 1976, Bottle Share, Colombia, Dictador, Rum
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Heaven Hill 2001-2016, Islay Cask Finish, 53.8% – Malts of Scotland
Malts of Scotland have released quite a few Heaven Hills over the last couple of years. I know there was a sherry cask finish, a regular one and this Islay cask finish. I think there also was a port finished … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, Heaven Hill
Tagged 2001, Bottle Share, Heaven Hill, Malts of Scotland
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Glen Moray 13, ‘The Dunnage Bakehouse’, ex-gin cask, 58.3% – SMWS
A while ago, on ‘The Spirits Business’ there was an announcement for a bottling by the SMWS that was drawn from a gin cask. As far as I (and they) know that’s a first, and that peaked my interest. I decided … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Glen Moray
Tagged 2002, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Elgin, Gin cask, Glen Moray, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Speyside
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Yamazaki Limited Edition 2016, 43%
Mind that this is not the one that got the rave review from Jim Murray and went up in price from some € 80 to € 1500 in a few months. I have been able to try the previous two releases in … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Yamazaki
Tagged Bottle Share, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Limited Edition, Suntory, Yamazaki
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Speyside Region, 1975-2016, 40yo, Fino Sherry Butt, 55% – The Whisky Agency (Good Vibes)
This bottle is from one of the more expensive bottle shares I did last year. Initially it was a bit painful (financially) that it didn’t sell out, but at this moment I am glad it didn’t. It’s not often anymore … Continue reading
Posted in Undisclosed
Tagged 1975, Bottle Share, Speyside, The Whisky Agency, Undisclosed Distillery
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Zuidam Millstone 2009, 7yo, Rye, 52.7% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
The Whisky Exchange have a knack for finding some good casks in distilleries that aren’t that common to find in shops like The Whisky Exchange. They seem to have a preference for Zuidam’s Millstone too, since this is already the … Continue reading
Posted in - Rye Whiskey, - World Whisky, Millstone, Zuidam
Tagged 2009, Baarle-Nassau, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Dutch whisky, Millstone, Netherlands, Rye Whisky, The Whisky Exchange, Zuidam
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Longrow 2001-2015, 13yo, Chardonnay Cask, 56.7% – Springbank Society
I’ve been a member for the Springbank Society for about seven or eight years now, and while I did miss out on some bottles, most of them have found their way to my shelf. Most of them have also been … Continue reading
Posted in Longrow
Tagged 2001, Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Cask Strength, Chardonnay cask, Longrow, Springbank, Springbank Society, Wine cask
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Laphroaig 1996-2016, 20yo, PX Sherry Butt, 50.6% – Masterpieces
Every year for The Whisky Exchange’s The Whisky Show, the guys at Speciality Drinks *1 bottle a cask for their Masterpieces range. This range consists of whiskies that the bottlers deem especially worthy of being called Masterpieces. In the past … Continue reading
Posted in Laphroaig
Tagged 1996, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Islay, Laphroaig, PX Cask, Sherry casks, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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