Tag Archives: Cask Strength
Port Ellen 16, 1980-1997, 62% – Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection
I can barely comprehend the amount of old and awesome whiskies I’ve been tasting these last few months. A lot of trades of samples have happened and that has gotten me some old Rosebank, Port Ellen, Brora and lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, Authentic Collection, Cadenhead, Cask Strength, Islay, Port Ellen
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Inchgower 1994-2007, 13yo, 58.9%, The Manager’s Dram
During my last Blog Birthday Bash buddy TT left me a sample of this. Contrary to what usually happens (I’m trying to improve this, it’s going better) it didn’t disappear in my nigh-infinite sample stash but I drank it soon. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, Cask Strength, Diageo, Inchgower, Manager's Dram, Speyside
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Bunnahabhain 1968-2006, 38yo, 43.1% – Duncan Taylor Peerless
Lately I’ve been tasting some epic drams, if I may say so. There’s been lots of old stuff, and some really, really good less old stuff. Somehow, I’ve not had that many new releases for a while now. Can’t say … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, Bunnahabhain, Cask Strength, Duncan Taylor, Islay, Peerless
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Glengoyne Cask Strength Batch 3, 58.2%
This review deserves an introduction. A while ago I was interviewed for Dutch whisky magazine ‘Whisky Passion‘. The interviewer (also a blogger) was writing an article on whisky blogging versus ‘old fashioned’ whisky writing. He also interviewed Mark Dermul, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cask Strength, Glengoyne, Highlands, NAS, Sherry Cask, Whisky Passion
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Talisker 25 years old, 2004 bottling, 57.8%
Another rather awesome sample from a recent sample swap. It’s been at least a couple of years since I tried any 25 year old Talisker, and even longer since it was one of the older cask strength versions. A couple … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Carbost, Cask Strength, Diageo, Islands, Skye, Talisker
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BenRiach 2005-2014, 9yo, Peated, Virgin Oak finish, 58.7%
My father in law has a developed a taste for Virgin Oak matured (or finished) whiskies. Over the years he’s gathered a few here and there with the idea of hosting a tasting for us at some point. That hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, BenRiach, Cask Strength, Peated, Single Cask, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Auchentoshan Silver Oak, 21 year old, 51.5%, Travel Retail ‘only’
Yeah. Auchentoshan. The darling distillery of Toshan Man Mark Dermul. He’s also the guy I bought this sample of. I’ve had some good ones, but there are also some lesser ones and when this one came out a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged Auchentoshan, Cask Strength, Lowlands, Mark Dermul, Silver Oak, Travel Retail
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Two FEW bourbons. The regular and a single cask.
FEW has had a bourbon on the market ever since the beginning of their whiskey endeavors. Also, what turned me in their direction was a single cask they bottled for Master of Malt some two years ago. That single cask … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Bourbon, Cask Strength, Evanston, FEW, FEW Spirits, Illinois, Paul Hletko, Single Cask
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Malt Fascination 