Tag Archives: Highlands
Dalmore 11, 2001-2012, Virgin European Cask 6984, 52.1% – Creative Whisky Company
Even though the Creative Whisky Company no longer exists, their bottlings are still around and in quite some cases, still rather affordable. This one, even though it’s been out there for nine years and was well received, is still available … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Creative Whisky Company, Dalmore, David Stirk, Highlands, Virgin oak cask
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Ardmore 19, 1992-2011, Bourbon cask 9464, 49.3% – Single Malts of Scotland
Yup, another Ardmore. I love it. The fact that it’s a peated whisky that tastes different than the most famous peated whiskies from Islay, and that they don’t push the peat to the brink of the ashtray sits very well … Continue reading
Tomatin 16, 2001-2017, Bourbon cask 1153, 52.5% – Cooper’s Choice
Tomatin is one of those distilleries that makes rather okay whisky, never bad, but also not often stellar. However, they do some very interesting things every now and then. They did a range of different sherry casks a few years … Continue reading
Ben Nevis 19, 1999-2018, 46.5% – WhiskyBroker
WhiskyBroker is one of the more affordable bottlers out there, together with brands like The Ultimate and such. The brand started its existence when the Bladnoch Forum bottlings stopped, which also was a rather erratic, but always affordable bottler. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Ben Nevis, Fort William, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Whiskybroker
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Ardmore 24, 1977-2004, Sherry Butt, 58.6% – Cadenhead
Generally I love Cadenhead. And also, I tend to love Ardmore. So when MvZ was pruning his collection and I could buy this bottle from him, quite a bit below current retail value, I jumped on it. Of course, it … Continue reading
Strathearn 4, 2014-2018, Ex-Sherry Cask 075, 56.6% – OB for Dutch Whisky Festival
The first edition of Dutch Whisky Festival came with a bottling of their own. In the end I didn’t end up going to the festival, although I don’t exactly remember why. Probably because of me or my wife being ill … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, Dutch Whisky Festival, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Strathearn
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Edradour 10, 2009-2020, Sherry Butt 401, 46% – Signatory
A little while I wanted a rather specific whisky that wasn’t available in ‘regular’ shops anymore. But, according to Whiskybase there was this shop in The Netherlands that still had it. It was called ‘Whisky Exclusive‘. In a way, that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Edradour, Free Sample, Highlands, Pitlochry, Sherry Cask, Signatory, Whisky Exclusive
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Royal Brackla 13, 2006-2020, Sherry Hogshead 20-1301, 51.7% – Valinch & Mallet
I don’t try many Royal Bracklas, for some reason. Even though they seem to be getting a bit more regular from independent bottlers. And then this one recently showed up in the bag of a whisky buddy. Of course, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006, Highlands, Royal Brackla, Sherry Cask, Valinch & Mallet, Young Masters Edition
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Deanston 10, 2009-2020, Rye Barrel 6349, 58.4% – Infrequent Flyers
Generally, Deanston is regarded as a technically well made whisky, but also a rather bland one. Most of the available releases are bourbon-cask-driven vanilla bombs, or are focused heavily on another type of wood that the whisky matured in. As … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Alistair Walker, Deanston, Highlands, Infrequent Flyers, Rye cask
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Balblair 18, 1990-2008, Hogshead 160, 58.7% – Riegger’s Selection
Normally I would start a post like this with something like “I quite like Balblair”, but I’m not sure if that is a relevant statement anymore. I visited the distillery in 2013, and loved it. I also really like their … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, Balblair, Bourbon Cask, Highlands, Riegger's Selection
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