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Tag Archives: Closed Distillery
Caperdonich 22, 2000-2022, Hogshead 29490, 55.2% – Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan
I looked through my tasting notes but I doubt I can do a ‘Closed Distilleries’ theme week now. I guess it will be Speyside then! That’s an easy one with half the Scottish distilleries being there. This bottling was recently … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000, Anniversary, Caperdonich, Closed Distillery, Kirsch Import, Signatory Vintage, Speyside, Wu Dram Clan
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Glenlochy 1979-2012, Refill Sherry Hogshead RO/12/04, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
I only ever had one bottle of Glenlochy in my collection. I got it after reading about ‘Whisky of the land‘ in one of the April Fools articles on WhiskySponge, which is a very good article that I sometimes even … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, Closed Distillery, Glenlochy, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Rare Old
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Glenesk 5, 40% – Wm. Sanderson & Son
Another very old bottling, with this 5 year old Glenesk. The distillery closed in 1985, so the bottling itself is at least 32 years old by now. My first experience with this distillery was at a festival in Vlissingen, when … Continue reading
Posted in Glenesk, Hillside
Tagged Closed Distillery, Diageo, Glenesk, Highlands, Hillside
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Port Ellen 16, 1981-1998, 62.4% – Cadenhead Authentic Collection
Sometimes Tom van Engelen sends me reviews for publication on MaltFascination. Sometimes I forget. So now I have a backlog of a few that I’m trying to get through before the end of the year. Young Port Ellen has become … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Authentic Collection, Cadenhead, Closed Distillery, Guest Post, Islay, Port Ellen, Tom van Engelen
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Lochside 29, 1981-2010, Fino Hogshead, 52.7% – The Whisky Agency
During the first Advent period of the lockdowns, back in 2020, my good friend JPH and I decided we wanted to try some awesome whiskies. Online, of course, so we had to get our hands on two sets of samples. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Closed Distillery, Highlands, Lochside, Sherry Cask, Teun van Wel, The Whisky Agency
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Caperdonich 17 ‘Dunes An Oir’, 1996-2013, Bourbon Hogshead 13025, 58.6% – Malts of Scotland for Van Zuylen
While this just might be the last bottle of ‘Caper’, it unfortunately is not one of the legendary 1972 vintages. For quite a long time the nineties bottlings of Caperdonicht weren’t overly popular, but with popularity soaring and stocks dwindling, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Bourbon Cask, Caperdonich, Closed Distillery, Dunes an Oir, Malts of Scotland, Speyside, Whisky Van Zuylen
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Imperial 18, 1995-2014, Hogshead 50292+50293, 58.3% – Signatory Vintage
It’s been a while since I tried Imperial. Almost two years since the last review, but in the last seven years I’ve only had three. They are getting more rare with every release, since the distillery shut its doors 26 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Bourbon Cask, Closed Distillery, Imperial, Signatory Vintage, Speyside
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Best of Wines’ Blind Tasting Competition #3
The penultimate post on Best of Wines’ BTC, with another batch of three interesting drams. Interestingly, there was another on in here I should have recognized, and another that I have in my collection but haven’t gotten around to yet. … Continue reading
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