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Black Bull 30 years old, 50% – Duncan Taylor
Black Bull is a blended whisky from Duncan Taylor that exists in a sort of premium space. By this I mean that even the ‘regular’ 12 year old is being held in pretty high esteem is not a whisky scoffed … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Bull, Blend, Blended at Birth, Blended Whisky, Duncan Taylor, Huntly
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Blind Tasting Competition 17 – Caol Ila 1982-2006, 26yo, 54.3% – Duncan Taylor Rare Auld
I got points! 35 of them to be precise. Taking my own analysis from yesterday seriously, I analyzed each bit of the whisky separately. While it didn’t get me anywhere serious, it did get me a lot of points compared … Continue reading
Posted in Caol Ila, Laphroaig
Tagged Archives, Blind Tasting Competition, Caol Ila, Duncan Taylor, Islay, Laphroaig, Rare Auld, Usquebaugh Society
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Caperdonich 38, 1972-2011, 53.6% – Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare
Caperdonich 1972 is somewhat of a legendary dram. For most distilleries there seems to be a year in which their product peaked in flavour. Lochside 1981, BenRiach 1976, GlenDronach 1972 and so on. Unfortunately this distillery has been closed and … Continue reading
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Tagged Caperdonich, Duncan Taylor, Rarest of the Rare, Speyside
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Inchgower 1982-2011, 29yo, 54.6%, #6974 – Duncan Taylor Rare Auld
I’ve tried some Inchgower 1982 (by Malts of Scotland) before and it came pretty darn close to tasting like a real highlander like Clynelish. Lots of character, lots of goodness. And actually, I have already had this exact Inchgower as … Continue reading
Mount Gay, 12 years old, 53.7% – Duncan Taylor
The last in these four rum reviews. I don’t know why I put them in this order, but this one as a last one seems right, since it’s the youngest. Young spirits tend to have a lot of impact, although … Continue reading
Bellevue, 14 year old, 52.3% – Duncan Taylor
Another rum from another country. Bellevue distillery is located on the isle of Mary Galante in Guadeloupe which means not a lot, but it could be (it doesn’t say) that this is a ‘rum agricole’. That means that the rum … Continue reading
Hampden, 22 year old, 52.9% – Duncan Taylor
Hampden you say? There is no such distillery in the known whisk(e)y world! That is correct. Hampden is a rum distillery in/on Jamaica. Duncan Taylor made this blend out of their product with the youngest ingredient being 22 years old. … Continue reading
Caribbean Blend, 1996, 16 years old, 46% – Duncan Taylor
Recently Karen Law from Duncan Taylor asked if I was willing to receive samples for review and after my confirmation and address details she told me a bunch of rum samples were in the mail. That was unexpected! Both the … Continue reading
Smokin’, 40% – Duncan Taylor
A new release from long time indie bottler Duncan Taylor. This one is a blended whisky with an old fashioned character. The press release: Whisky as it used to be. Smokin’ Scotch whisky perfectly balances robust peat smoke flavours and … Continue reading
€ 1000 of whisky – Take 2
On April 9th of last year I blogged about a tasting I went to in which we tasted 6 whiskies, mounting up to a little over a grand of booze. The idea by the organization/hosts was to have one last … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, Bunnahabhain, Inchgower, Laphroaig, Macduff, Port Dundas, Teaninich
Tagged Adelphi, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bunnahabhain, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Duncan Taylor, Glen Drammor, Grain, Highlands, Inchgower, Islay, Laphroaig, Macduff, Port Dundas, Speyside, Teaninich
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