Tag Archives: Bourbon Cask
Two Clynelishes from 1991 by The Ultimate
Some months ago I decided to open some Clynelish bottles from my collection and bottle share them. Of the four bottles opened, two are from The Ultimate, a Dutch independent bottler that’s been bottling for years. The two bottles were … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Diageo, Highlands, The Ultimate, Van Wees
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Glenesk 1984-2016, 31 years old, 49.5% – Cooper’s Choice for The Whisky Fair
Sometimes you come across a whisky that you just don’t get to taste often. Glenesk (or Glen Esk, or Hillside) is one of these distilleries that have been closed for a long time and their product is exceedingly rare. As … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Bourbon Cask, Closed Distillery, Cooper's Choice, Glen Esk, Glenesk, Highlands, Hillside, Limburg, The Whisky Fair
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Highland Park 1988, 29yo, 51.5% – Cadenhead’s Cask Ends
I have no certainty how I got my hands on this sample, but I think it was from a bottle share from some guys in England, together with a heap of Springbank Open Day stuff. Anyway, when I saw a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead's, Cask Ends, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney
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Inchmurrin 2003-2017, 14yo, 54.6%, cask 171-1, The Whisky Nerds
Last Friday I was at a whisky tasting at De Whiskykoning. In that line-up were the previous two Inchmurrins from The Whisky Nerds, and they were hugely popular. And while Rob tried to keep the arrival of the third one … Continue reading
Posted in Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond
Tagged 2003, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Highlands, Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds
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Two new releases from The Duchess
Since Best of Wines in Bussum, The Netherlands, has been bottling whisky, they’ve not released a lot. As far as I know there have been only three bottlings prior to these. Three are in their Shieldmaidens range, and one was … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Glenrothes
Tagged 1996, 1998, Bellevue, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bourbon Cask, Glenrothes, Guadeloupe, Rum, Shieldmaidens, Speyside, The Duchess
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A flock of Inchmurrin
After some posts of Islay whiskies, we’re moving a little bit east to Loch Lomond. This truly stunning are is home to a large but largely unknown distillery of the same name. Most of it’s fame (if you can call … Continue reading
Posted in Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond
Tagged 1993, 2003, Bourbon Cask, Highlands, Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond, Sherry Cask, Signatory, Single Cask, WhiskyNerds
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Bad-ass Whisky Night #2 at De Whiskykoning
Last year I thought it was a good idea to organize a whisky tasting at Whiskyslijterij De Koning in Den Bosch. We already held an annual ‘winter whisky tasting’ there in November, with a line-up of six peated whiskies, focusing … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, - Rye Whiskey, - World Whisky, Amrut, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, Glenglassaugh, Macallan, Redbreast
Tagged 1982, 1986, 1988, Amrut, Bourbon Cask, Caol Ila, De Whiskykoning, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain Whisky, Highlands, India, Indian whisky, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Macallan, Rare Old, Redbreast, Rye Whisky, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Speymalt, Speyside
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Bruichladdich 1992-2016, 23yo, 55.4% – Single Malts of Scotland
In a recent ‘sample bomb’ from Speciality Drinks Ltd. was a sample of this Bruichladdich from 1992. Since I went to the Hielander Whisky Festival last month I’ve become quite enamoured by the somewhat older whiskies that independent bottlers are … Continue reading
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Tagged 1992, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Free Sample, Islay, SIngle Malts of Scotland, Speciality Drinks Ltd.
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Uisge Beatha Taigh, 13 year old Irish Whiskey, 2001-2014, 60% – Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis
Uisge Beatha Taigh is a brand created by Jurgen van de Wiele of Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis in Belgium. I’ve met the guy a couple of times, both as a guest on the Whiskyfair in Germany, or manning a stall at various … Continue reading
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