Tag Archives: Hand bottled
Arran Arranach, bottled from 2022 and 2023, 56.3% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery
The Arranach is a cask thingy happening at Arran distillery on the island of the same name. Back when I was there in early 2022 I don’t think these wee bottles were available. There were several distillery only bottlings, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Arran, Distillery Only, Hand bottled, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, Sherry Cask
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Balblair 14, 2008-2022, Bourbon Cask 479, 58.2% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery
Last year, at the end of October, I was in the northern Highlands with my father-in-law and two brothers-in-law. We finally got around to our whisky trip that we had been planning for years. Something about each of us tag-teaming … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 15, 1997-2013, Bourbon Cask 1077, 58.3% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery
Even though I went to visit Old Pulteney in October, and bottled two bottles when I was there, I’m reviewing a different one. This one was bottled by Thijs (of Words of Whisky fame), all these years ago and has … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Bourbon Cask, Hand bottled, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Thijs Klaverstijn, Wick
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Old Pulteney 2000-2014, 14yo, 61.1%, Hand bottled at the Distillery
Somehow I don’t try many Old Pulteneys. That’s more strange since I generally really enjoy the taste and aroma it brings, with gentle briny notes covered in fruit and vanilla. Deducing from that you might say I prefer the bourbon … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000, Bourbon Cask, Distillery Only, Hand bottled, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Pulteney Distillery, Wick
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