Tag Archives: Bourbon Cask
Benromach 2006-2015, 61.8% – Handfilled at the Distillery
When I was at the distillery in November last year, there was a bourbon cask available for hand filling. This is not that cask. This is the (comparable) cask available at the distillery at the beginning of 2015. The handfilled … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006, Benromach, Bourbon Cask, Distillery Only, Forres, Gordon & MacPhail, Handfilled, Speyside
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BenRiach 1985-2010, 25yo, 48.1% – Liquid Sun for Japan
Back in 2010, when I bought this bottle I wasn’t entirely sure about my purchase when I finally got it in. A random BenRiach from a random bottler, from a random cask. Should I have done this? I kept doubting … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, BenRiach, Bourbon Cask, Bourbon Hogshead, Liquid Sun, Speyside, The Whisky Agency
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Arran 12, 2001-2014, 56% – OB Private Cask for The Netherlands (Bright Early Spring)
Back in 2014, right on the heels of The White Wizard and The Dark Lord came this release. Since then there have been a few, mostly bourbon casks from the importer and mostly sherry casks for festivals, shops and clubs. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Bright Early Spring, Dutch market, Islands, Lochranza, Private Cask
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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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The Dark Lord vs. The White Wizard
While the title might not make sense to most of you, this will ring bells within the parts of Holland that like Arran. Back in 2014 the Dutch importer of the brand, Van Wees, released these two bottlings at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, 1999, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Islands, Isle of Arran, Private Cask, Sherry Cask, Van Wees, Whisky & Rum aan Zee, Zeewijck
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The annual ‘Islay’ tasting at De Whiskykoning
Every year for quite a while I’ve been going to De Whiskykoning‘s ‘winter tasting’, which consists of only peaty drams. Mostly, that boils down to six whiskies from Islay. Sometimes there’s another one in the tasting from Jura or another … Continue reading
Posted in Ardbeg, Bowmore, Kilchoman
Tagged Ardbeg, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, De Whiskykoning, Den Bosch, Feis Ile, Islay, Islay Festival, Kilchoman, NAS, Perpetuum, Virgin Oak
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Kavalan 8yo, 2006-2015, Peaty Cask, 53.2% – OB for WhiskyNerds
A little while ago, I guess just in early December, Bram and Floris (the WhiskyNerds) announced their second cask. They did a GlenDronach earlier in the year which I (shamefully) have not reviewed yet. I have been enjoying it since … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Kavalan, Single Cask, Taiwan, WhiskyNerds, World Whisky
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Blind Tasting Competition day 13: Isle of Jura 1988, 51.2% – The Whiskyman for Sweden
Where yesterday saw me scoring for guessing the correct distillery, today saw me staying just clear of zero points based on a wild ABV guess. Just for the sake of completeness. After 13 days, you can technically have 1300 points. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Sweden, The Whiskyman, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 12: Clynelish 25, 45.8% – Cadenhead’s Cask Ends
So, yesterday I scored 50 points based on region and age, which is not a very high score, but in my case it’s the record of, I guess, the last few years. I was a happy camper with that. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Brora, Cadenhead's, Cask Ends, Cask Strength, Clynelish, Highlands, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 11: Kilkerran WIP 7, 11yo, 54.1%
The chances of a whisky in the competition being a Campbeltown whisky kept increasing. The rule is that every region is represented at least once. With seven drams to go the chance was only some 14%, but every day it … Continue reading
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