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Tag Archives: Douglas Laing
Royal Lochnagar 28, 1973-2001, 50% – Old Malt Cask
When you have friends who try to celebrate decadence by pruning their whisky collection from anything that they wouldn’t rate at 90 points or higher, some old bottles tend to show up. I bought a set of bottles of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Old Malt Cask, Royal Lochnagar
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Laphroaig 21, 1987-2009, Refill Hogshead DL 4855, 50% – Old Malt Cask
Even though this is an older Laphroaig in two ways, both well aged and from quite some years ago, my mate TvE shared it at a very acceptable price. I didn’t have to think for long to decide whether to … Continue reading
All three of these are Clynelish
It seems a new Diageo rule that Clynelish can no longer be represented on labels, since everything that has been released lately is labeled as ‘Secret Highland Distillery’. Of course that doesn’t mean all these secret highlands are Clynelish, but … Continue reading
Port Ellen 1976-2001, 25yo, 50% – Old Malt Cask
It’s been a while since I tried a Port Ellen, but my mate Jason gave me a sample of the bottle he opened for his 40th birtday, earlier this year. It’s not just any Port Ellen but one from the mid-seventies, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Closed Distillery, Douglas Laing, Islay, Old Malt Cask, Port Ellen
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Two Scallywags, 46% and 54.1%
Last week the guys at Douglas Laing organized a Facebook Live event, in which they broadcasted a guided tasting of some of their range. Fred Laing and Jan Beckers talked us through five drams in a rapid fire session, it … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Scallywag
Tagged Blended Malt, Douglas Laing, Free Sample, NAS, Scallywag, Speyside
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Lochside 21, 1979-2000, 50% – Douglas Laing’s Old Malt Cask
Most Lochsides I’ve tried have been from 1981. Both Lochsides I’ve owned are from 1981. There are some older versions out there, but most of these were from before I was interested in whisky of this caliber. Lochside is one … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, Closed Distillery, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Lochside, Old Malt Cask
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Wrapping up the Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram
So, I stared well with that Advent Calendar blogging. Then the Blind Tasting Competition started and that took over. I tried blogging twice per day but that was just too time consuming. Catching up with a massive blog post and … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Grain Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, Dalwhinnie, Glenfiddich, Invergordon, Jura, Teeling
Tagged 1964, Advent Calendar, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Drinks by the Dram, Elixir, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Master of Malt, Speyside, Teeling, William Grant & Sons, Winter's Gold, Xtra Old Particular
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Tomatin 20, 1993-2013, 51.5% – Douglas Laing’s Old Particular
Tomatin is a distillery that has been on my radar for a couple of months now. I don’t know why I never paid attention to it before, but ever since I’m about to go visit them (in two weeks) I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, Bourbon Cask, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Old Particular, Tomatin
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Usquebaugh Society Regional Tasting Noord-Holland – January 2015
Every couple of months someone in the province of Noord-Holland organises the regional tasting for the Usquebaugh Society. They do this too in other areas of the country but not in the same way, where it is at someone’s home. … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Laphroaig, Linkwood, Littlemill, Longmorn, Mortlach, Port Dundas
Tagged Archives, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Clan Denny, Crabs, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Douglas Laing, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Islay, Laphroaig, Linkwood, Liquid Library, Littlemill, Longmorn, Lowlands, Moon Import, Murray McDavid, Port Dundas, Regional Tasting, Speyside, The Ultimate, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Usquebaugh Society, Van Wees, Whiskybroker
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