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Tag Archives: Fiddler’s
Glen Albyn 1976-2012, Refill Sherry Butts, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail
Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar wouldn’t be complete without a dram of all three former Inverness distilleries! The other two are reviewed already (Millburn and Glen Mhor), but the Glen Albyn was still lying in wait. To be honest I am … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Advent Calendar, Fiddler's, Glen Albyn, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Inverness, Jon Beach, Sherry Cask
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Macallan 10, bottled in the late eighties, 40%
Macallan is one of those distilleries that have spent ages getting their reputation to a stellar level. Age was important, golden promise barley was important, the best sherry casks from Jerez were important. Only to be kicked down again by … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent Calendar, Edrington, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Macallan, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Mortlach 1978-1998, 20yo, 62.2% – Rare Malts Selection
By now the Rare Malts Selection is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. It’s not even that all of them are stellar whiskies, but enough of them are to lift up the entire series. And when they are stellar, I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Advent Calendar, Diageo, Dufftown, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Mortlach, Rare Malts, Speyside
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Speyburn 26, 1988-2015, Cask 2114, 52.3% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Speyburn, one of those distilleries that does things more or less the same as they did it when the distillery opened. At least, that’s the way their official bottlings taste. Made more or less infamous by the insessant unwanted marketing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Advent Calendar, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Speyburn, Speyside
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Girvan 27, 1989-2017, Bourbon Barrel 167863, 51.4% – Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask
Let’s start with a disclaimer. I generally don’t care much for grain whisky. In most cases, especially in the last eight years or so, I consider it to be bottled too young. Before then, there were lots of really tasty … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Advent Calendar, Bourbon Cask, Carn Mor, Celebration of the Cask, Fiddler's, Girvan, Grain Whisky, Lowlands, Morrison and MacKay
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Blended Malt, 1993-2017, Ex-Sherry Hogshead 17, 53.6% – The Thompson Bros.
Yet another whisky from the Fiddler’s Advent Calendar. And a bottling from the yet-to-be-visited Thompson Brothers. As in, I still need to visit the Dornoch Castle Hotel and its whisky bar. Of course, with this being a blended malt, there’s … Continue reading
Millburn 1978-2008, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage
A bottle of Millburn was my first ‘expensive’ whisky, years ago. It unfortunately set a precedent and things have been going in every which way since. I remember trying that bottle based on a sample Rob Stevens, of De Whiskykoning … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Advent Calendar, Fiddler's, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Inverness, Jon Beach, Millburn, Rare Vintage
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The Singleton of Glen Ord 11yo, 2008-2019, 54.8% – Distillery Only / Highland Whisky Festival
I got this sample in Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar, which I only started drinking this week, and only got in between Christmas and New Year’s. As usual, late to the party… Anyway, my good friend JPH (aka Shrek) and I … Continue reading
