Tag Archives: Free Sample
Speyburn 1991, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
Upon launching their ‘The Wood makes the Whisky‘ campaign, Gordon & MacPhail have sent out quite a few samples to bloggers around, well, Europe I guess. In the past I’ve reviewed a couple of them, but it was about damn … Continue reading
English Whisky Company, Peated, 55.2% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
I am a lazy slob. So, that’s out there. Now you know. I am lucky enough to sometimes receive some trade samples for reviewing purposes, but my organizational skills are so poor that they become mixed up with all other … Continue reading
Auchentoshan 1990-2014, 23yo, 47.7% – Archives (Indian Ducks)
Auchentoshan and me have a bit of a weird history. Not a long one, mind. When I started my whisky journey and bought loads of starter whiskies, I really like Auchentoshan 10. Since there was so much out there, there … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, Archives, Auchentoshan, Bourbon Hogshead, Free Sample, Lowlands, Morrisson-Bowore, Suntory, Whiskybase
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Peat, Blended Malt, 59.3% – Elements of Islay
Yesterday a surprise sample came in from London. It was sent by Speciality Drinks Ltd. I was going to say The Whisky Exchange since in everyone’s world they’re the same thing, but Billy keeps hammering at the difference during Maltstock … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt
Tagged Blended Malt, Cask Strength, Elements of Islay, Free Sample, Islay, Peat, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange
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Benromach 35, 43%
Little over a week ago I got a nice, but empty envelope from G&M in Elgin. The only thing in there was a description of how nice it would be to taste the new 35 year old Benromach. I expected a … Continue reading
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Tagged Benromach, Forres, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside
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Glenmorangie Milsean, 46%
For the seventh time Glenmorangie releases their annual Private Edition series. So far there have been hits and misses, and for me some unknown. The biggest success in the range was the Ealanta, I think. The Virgin Oak matured whisky was … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Milsean, NAS, Private Edition, Wine cask
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Two new youngsters from Gordon & MacPhail: Glenrothes 8yo (MacPhail’s Collection) and Macallan 2006 Speymalt
Last week a sort-of surprise package arrived from Elgin containing two wee samples of Glenrothes and Macallan. Both quite young at eight and nine years old. I was quite lucky there was anything in the package at all, since the … Continue reading
Posted in Glenrothes, Macallan
Tagged 2006, Free Sample, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Macallan, MacPhail's Collection, Speymalt, Speyside
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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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Kavalan 8yo, 2006-2015, Peaty Cask, 53.2% – OB for WhiskyNerds
A little while ago, I guess just in early December, Bram and Floris (the WhiskyNerds) announced their second cask. They did a GlenDronach earlier in the year which I (shamefully) have not reviewed yet. I have been enjoying it since … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Kavalan, Single Cask, Taiwan, WhiskyNerds, World Whisky
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Glen Grant 1950-2015, 65yo, 59.3% – Gordon & MacPhail for Wealth Solutions
I’m not sure if you realized it while skimming the title of this post, but we’re talking about a 65 year old whisky that’s been bottled at 59.3%. That means, according to general practice in Scotland and the press release, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Glen Grant, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Butt, Speyside, Wealth Solutions
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Malt Fascination 