Tag Archives: Highlands
GlenDronach 2003-2015, 12yo, Virgin Oak Hogshead, 54.7% – OB for The Netherlands
So, first a bit of background on the weirdness that is a Virgin Oak cask. Initially, I, and lots of others with me, figured that a virgin oak cask means that a cask hasn’t been used before. Like every cask … Continue reading
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Tagged 't Woest Genoegen, 2003, Dutch market, GlenDronach, Highlands, Virgin oak cask
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Edradour 42yo, 1968-2010, 46% – Captain Burn’s
Sometimes you come across a whisky that you really want to like. I’ve had that with quite a few Edradours over the years, but so far it’s never really worked out. In this case I’m not talking about all those … Continue reading
GlenDronach 1995-2015, 19yo, 54.2% – OB for Whiskybase
How is it, that without any indication a market can get fed up with a certain brand of whisky? I think that’s more or less what’s happening with mid-nineties (and younger) GlenDronach. Every year the distillery releases about two batches … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, GlenDronach, Highlands, Private Cask, PX puncheon, Sherry Cask, Whiskybase
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Invergordon 1972-2016, 43yo, 49.8% – WhiskyNerds
Apparently a sizable batch of Invergordon casks has been released from the warehouses of Martin Armstrong. A while ago he released a few on his own WhiskyBroker label, and one was bottled for Whiskybase, for their database containing 70,000 whiskies. … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, Invergordon
Tagged 1972, Free Sample, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Invergordon, WhiskyNerds
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Ardmore 1996-2013, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail
Another one from the ‘The Wood makes the Whisky’ campaign. It’s bottled under G&M’s retro label series, in which they bottle whiskies with labels used by the distilleries decades ago. A 16 year old Ardmore (or maybe 17, that’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Ardmore, Fortune Brands, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Retro Labels, Sherry Cask, The Wood Makes the Whisky
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Glen Garioch 21, 43% – a retry
When I was at the Hielander Whisky Festival in 2015, I tried a Glen Garioch 21 year old as my final dram of the afternoon. At least, I seem to remember it as my final dram. Anyway, I loved it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Glen Garioch, Highlands, Morrisson Bowmore, Oldmeldrum
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Glenglassaugh 2009-2015, 58.1% – Hand bottled at the distillery
Even though we didn’t go there in November, when we were staying in the north of the Speyside, I did happen to find myself with a sample of the then available Hand Bottled whisky. A good whisky buddy of mine … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Distillery Only, Glenglassaugh, Handbottled, Highlands, Portsoy, Sherry Hogshead
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Hielander Whisky Festival 2016
Yesterday I went to another awesome session of the Hielander Whisky Festival in Alkmaar. I took some pictures, but obviously not of everything I tried. I am far too forgetful for that, and I also don’t want to disclose my … Continue reading
Posted in - Festival, Ben Nevis, Bunnahabhain, Clynelish, Kavalan, Linkwood, Longmorn, Springbank, Tomatin
Tagged 1976, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2002, Ben Nevis 1973, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Cask Strength, Christmas Edition, Claret cask, Clynelish 1982, Daily Dram, First Cask, Highlands, Islay, Kavalan, Linkwood, Liquid Sun, Old Pulteney, Open Day, Sherry Cask, Solist, Speyside, Springbank, Taiwan, Tomatin, Whisky Import Nederland
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Lochside 21, 1979-2000, 50% – Douglas Laing’s Old Malt Cask
Most Lochsides I’ve tried have been from 1981. Both Lochsides I’ve owned are from 1981. There are some older versions out there, but most of these were from before I was interested in whisky of this caliber. Lochside is one … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, Closed Distillery, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Lochside, Old Malt Cask
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Malt Fascination 