Tag Archives: Closed Distillery
Convalmore 1981, 22yo, 58.6% – Jack Wiebers
Convalmore is an interesting distillery. Mostly because it closed in 1985. The eighties saw many distilleries closing, like Port Ellen, Brora and many others. Unlike those two, Convalmore hasn’t been many people’s focus since the whisky supposedly wasn’t all that good. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Closed Distillery, Convalmore, Dufftown, Jack Wiebers, Speyside
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Wrapping up the Blind Tasting Competition of 2014
It’s time to start wrapping up the year with all the semi-obligatory year’s end lists. Those will follow over the coming week. There’ll be a list of my favorite music, whisky, events, other booze and whatever comes to mind. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Balmenach, Benromach, Bowmore, Glen Garioch, Glen Keith, Imperial, Lagavulin, Longmorn
Tagged Asta Morris, Balmenach, Benromach, Blind Tasting Competition, Bowmore, Closed Distillery, Devil's Casks, Feis Ile, Glen Garioch, Glen Keith, Highlands, Imperial, Islay, Kintra Whisky, Lagavulin, Longmorn, Signatory, SMWS, Speyside, The Perfect Dram, The Ultimate, Usquebaugh Society
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4 Rosebanks in a row
I almost wrote Four Roses, but that would be rather misleading. Especially for a post like this. Probably the most Serge Valentin-esque post I’m ever going to do with four rather different whiskies from one distillery. I was not able … Continue reading
Posted in Rosebank
Tagged Cadenhead, Closed Distillery, Den Bosch, Diageo, Falkirk, Gordon & MacPhail, Lowlands, Rare Malt, Rare Malts, Rosebank, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Whiskykoning
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The Lost Distilleries Blend, Batch 4, 50.9% – The Blended Whisky Company/Master of Malt
As I’ve said plenty of times before, Master of Malt is not only a shop but also a bottler. Although, between the stuff they produce, have produced and bottle under one of their labels, you’d start to think it’s the … Continue reading
Karuizawa Noh, 1980-2013, 59.2%, cask #3565
Like yesterday’s Mars Shinshu whisky I got this in a trade of some samples I did with a fellow Usquebaugh Society member last Sunday when we were at the Zuidam distillery to select our next club bottling. More on that … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Karuizawa
Tagged Closed Distillery, Japan, Karuizawa, Kirin, Sherry Butt
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Blind Tasting Competition 7 – Inverleven 24yo, 1987-2012, 49.5% – Cadenhead’s Closed Distilleries
Inverleven. Is that a distillery that anyone ever thinks about? “I wish I had another bottle of Inverleven to try”. “This Inverleven has gone up in price recently”. I don’t think so. This one, to my tasting notes and palate … Continue reading
Pittyvaich 20, 1989-2009, 57.5%
This whisky might be the last ever Pittyvaich to be bottled. There never was much to go around and they didn’t close it because they liked the whisky all that much, I guess. Most of it went to blenders (which … Continue reading
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Tagged Closed Distillery, Diageo, Diageo Premium, Dufftown, Maltstock, Masterclass, Michael Lord, Pittyvaich, Speyside
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Malt Fascination 