Tag Archives: Campbeltown
Advent Calendar Day 7: Glen Scotia Double Cask, 46%
A few years ago Glen Scotia renewed it’s package to all kinds of shiny metal tubes in the colors of your average Christmas tree decoration. That didn’t really pan out, so they redid their package once again and now are … Continue reading
Springbank 16, 1998-2014, 56% – SMWS (27.107 – To The Manor Born)
It’s one of those obscurely named SMWS whiskies again. A Springbank at that. I’ve had some of the Society’s Springbanks before and was, unfortunately, never blown away by them. Then this came along last year, just after Maltstock which I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, Campbeltown, Gorda, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Springbank
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Springbank 1995-2012, 56.5% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Labels
As far as I know, Springbank is a popular distillery. Yet somehow, it took The Whisky Exchange over two years to sell this 16 or 17 year old whisky from their shop. It was quite reasonably priced as well, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Campbeltown, Retro Labels, Springbank, The Whisky Exchange
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Springbank Vintage 1996, Single Cask 263, 54.9%
Generally, when you think of a Fino cask matured whisky you’re not imagining a really deep brown dram. In this case, that would make you wrong. Generally, when you think of a single cask from a distillery, bottled by themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Campbeltown, Fino cask, Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, Private Cask, Single Cask, Springbank
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Springbank Green, 12yo, 46%
Last Friday JK and I hosted a booze tasting at work. We would have made it a whisky tasting, but due to some explicit requests to not only do whiskies, we ended up going through a gin and a mezcal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon casks, Campbeltown, Emakina, Organic, Springbank, Whisky tasting
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My favorite whiskies of 2014
I started doing my end-of-year lists yesterday with the music one. I love doing that since it makes me reconsider what I’m listening to for a large part of every day, and everybody else does their lists first so I get … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Arran, Benromach, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Glen Grant, Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Macallan, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Springbank
Tagged Arran, Asta Morris, Benromach, Bowmore, Campbeltown, Clynelish, Compass Box, Darkness!, Devil's Casks, Feis Ile, Glen Grant, Gordon & MacPhail, Great King St., Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Longrow Red, Macallan, Masterpieces, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Port Cask, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Signatory, SMWS, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Wealth Solutions
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Blind Tasting Competition 14: Glen Scotia 13yo, 1999-2013, 61.4% – SMWS (93.55)
Well, at least I’m not a complete free fall anymore after this dram. Yesterday netted me no points again but I’m getting a couple of measly points every second day. Unfortunately, I’m still dropping in the rankings since I only … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Campbeltown, Glen Scotia, Laphroaig, SMWS, Usquebaugh Society
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Port & Peat bottle share wrap-up
The only thing I’ve got to do with the Bottle share whiskies of the Port & Peat theme I recently bought, sampled, handed over and tasted is decide which one is my favorite and finish the bottles (read: my own samples). … Continue reading
Posted in BenRiach, Kilchoman, Longrow, Talisker
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Carbost, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Kilchoman, Longrow, Port & Peat, Solstice, Speyside, Springbank, Talisker
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Longrow Red 2014, Fresh Port Casks, 51.8%
As said in a previous post, I’m kind of enamoured with peated whisky from a port cask. Whether it’s a finish or a maturation doesn’t really matter to me, as long as the cask doesn’t fully overpower the whisky. How much … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Longrow, Port & Peat, Port Cask, Springbank
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Malt Fascination 