Tag Archives: Bottle Share
Highland Park Odin, 16yo, 55.8%
About a million years ago (on February 19th of 2015, in the time of the mammoth) I did a bottle share of Highland Park’s then newest release in their ‘short series’ stuff. The Odin. The follow up and grand finale … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, HIghland Park, Islands, Kirkwall, Odin, Orkney, Valhalla Collection
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Mezcal Bottle share #3: Los Danzantes and Alipus
Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m doing another bottle share. I keep finding Mezcal a hugely interesting drink. And while not even all bottles from the previous share have been reviewed yet (my to-review queue is about a mile long by now) … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Alipus, Los Danzantes
Tagged Alipus, Bottle Share, Los Danzantes, Mexico, Mezcal, Oaxaca
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Alacrán Mezcal Joven, 46%
This is one of the two remaining mezcals that I still needed to review from the last bottle-share. I’ve been working my way through the scraps of some of those I already reviewed for a while now and thought it … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Alacrán
Tagged Agave Espadín, Alacrán, Bottle Share, Joven, Mexico, Mezcal, Oaxaca
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Irish Single Malt, 12yo, 2002-2015, 52.9% – The Nectar of the Daily Drams
Irish Whiskey is hot these days. The focus lies mostly on the 1988-1993 era for some reason, but occasionally there’s something else popping up too. That’s quite nice since the aforementioned time frame can get pretty expensive now it’s becoming … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Bushmills, Cooley
Tagged 2002, Bottle Share, Bushmills, Cooley, Irish Whiskey
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BenRiach 25, 50%
A while ago there was a combination deal on the two regularly available BenRiach 25s, the normal one and the peated one. Of course, that was cause enough for a bottle-share. With me it always takes a while before everything … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Speyside, Whisky tasting, Whiskykoning
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Cinco de Mayo: Three Mezcales de Leyenda
A while ago I did a second Mezcal bottle-share of which I haven’t reviewed yet. It’s about high I did, since I have been sipping from them and I don’t want them to get emptied before I wrote tasting notes. … Continue reading
Two new bottle-shares
At some point I promised my wife that I’d stop doing bottle-shares for a while. I suck at keeping promises like that. Here’s another two: Irish single malts Irish Single Malt, 12yo, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, 52.9% Irish … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, BenRiach, Undisclosed
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Irish Whiskey, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, Undisclosed
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Mezcal Festival Day 5: Minero, Del Maguey, 49%
The fourth and last mezcal from the bottle-share, the first one, is the ‘Minero’. The mezcal is produced in Santa Catarina Minas, a couple of miles south of Oaxaca. I was pondering how to write an introduction for this one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Clay Still, Del Maguey, Mezcal, Minero, Oaxaca, Santa Catarina Minas
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Mezcal Festival Day 4: Del Maguey San Luis Del Rio Azul, 47%
Apparently there was a shortage of agave during 2000 to 2004. Since a lot of the agave used for mezcal is not cultivated but harvested from the wild, the guys at Del Maguey had to come up with something. Add … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave Azul, Bottle Share, Del Maguey, Mezcal, Oaxaca, San Luis Del Rio, Weber Agave
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Malt Fascination 