Tag Archives: Highlands
Glen Mhor 1963, 25 years old, 40% – Sestante
I only got this sample of ‘Fine Old Highland Malt’ yesterday from whisky buddy BvdP. He told me to taste the whisky before looking up what it was, and on the label it only had the Whiskybase ID of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1963, Closed Distillery, Glen Mhor, Highlands, Inverness, Sestante
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Ardmore 2013-2018, 4yo, 57.2% – Cadenhead’s Warehouse Tasting
Last April I finally participated in a Cadenhead’s Warehouse Tasting. These tastings are legendary among whisky lovers and somehow I had never done one, until three months ago that is. You might have read my shameful post about accidentally blending … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Ardmore, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead's, Highlands, Warehouse tasting
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Two Clynelishes from the mid-nineties
Ah, Clynelish. Another one of these Diageo distilleries that doesn’t release a lot under their own name (except for the great 14 year old and Distiller’s Edition). Of course, there is the occasional Select Reserve from 2014 and 2015, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Brora, Clynelish, Diageo, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Signatory, The Ultimate, Van Wees
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Old Pulteney 2004-2018, Cask 128, 62.1% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
Old Pulteney is an underrated distillery, in most cases. People now know that older versions, like the 1990 or 1989 that won Jim Murray’s Best Whisky thingy, are good, but there’s a lot more that’s good from the Wick distillery. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Free Sample, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange, Wick
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Croftengea (Loch Lomond) 2008-2018, 9yo, 54.8% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
The Whisky Exchange have been bottling some nice stuff over the last couple of months. The most recent one, apart from this Croftengea, is an Old Pulteney from 2004, which I *just* realized I haven’t reviewed yet. Shame on me. … Continue reading
Posted in Croftengea, Loch Lomond
Tagged 2008, Bourbon Cask, Croftengea, Free Sample, Highlands, Loch Lomond, Private Label, The Whisky Exchange
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Clynelish 10yo, 2003-2014, 60.5% – SMWS (26.98, Lively as an Electric Acrobat)
I have absolutely no idea what they mean with a name like “Lively as an Electric Acrobat” or how the SMWS thinks that works for marketing purposes. Then again, they are a members-only club which means they don’t have to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Highlands, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS
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Old Pulteney 10, 1990-2001, 57.8% – Hart Brothers
Halfway through January I went to De Whiskykoning’s Bottoms Up tasting. He put out all open bottles that got too low to use in a tasting and we were allowed to randomly pick a number of drams for tasting. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, Bourbon Cask, De Whiskykoning, Hart Brothers, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Wick
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Whiskies of the year: Runners up
I published the post with my whisky of the year last Monday. Generally I do the runners up first, or all in one post or so, but in this case it was a brand new whisky that I had not … Continue reading
Posted in Ardbeg, Benrinnes, Glenglassaugh, Glenlochy, Highland Park, Inchmurrin, Mortlach, Springbank, Undisclosed
Tagged 1954, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2003, Adelphi, Archives, Benrinnes, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead, Campbeltown, Cask Ends, Feis Ile, Glenlochy, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Lagavulin, Mortlach, Orkney, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Springbank, The Bottlers, The Duchess, Trias Usquebaugh, WhiskyNerds
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BTC #15 to #18: Old Pulteney, Speyside, Bowmore and Strathisla
Right, again, some catching up to do. Of course this happens in the home stretch of the Blind Tasting Competition. This last period of the competition is also lovingly known as ‘I no longer really care about it since I … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore, Old Pulteney, Speyside, Strathisla
Tagged 1991, 1998, 2003, 2006, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Cadenhead, Distillery Only, Highlands, Islay, Old Pulteney, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Speyside, Strathisla, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC #10, #11 and #12
Time to catch up! Due to heavy drinking on Friday night and a sleep in on Sunday, I didn’t get around to blogging about the last couple of Blind Tasting Competition Days. Yesterday, day 12, was the first one I … Continue reading
Posted in Braeval, Glenturret, Laphroaig
Tagged 2000, 2002, 2004, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Braeval, Cask Strength, Glenturret, Highlands, Islay, Laphroaig, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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