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Medieval Banquet, Glenugie, 30yo, 46.7% – SMWS
Another SMWS review? Yes, and another one of which I own a bottle instead of just having a sample lying around on a shelf. With yesterday’s Tullibardine I don’t really care about owning the bottle, although the whisky itself is … Continue reading
Clynelish 12, 57% – Samaroli Coilltean
Samaroli is, of course, the famous bottler from Italy that bottled (according to many) the best whiskies ever some decades ago. I believe this was the early eighties. Since then they have only released a couple bottlings until a large … Continue reading
Clynelish 12 – Friends of the Classic Malts
I haven’t seen any new bottlings recently, but until 2010 or so Diageo bottled a new ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ bottling every year, more or less. There have been a Talisker, Lagavulin, Cragganmore and this Clynelish in the period … Continue reading
€ 1000 of whisky – Take 2
On April 9th of last year I blogged about a tasting I went to in which we tasted 6 whiskies, mounting up to a little over a grand of booze. The idea by the organization/hosts was to have one last … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, Bunnahabhain, Inchgower, Laphroaig, Macduff, Port Dundas, Teaninich
Tagged Adelphi, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bunnahabhain, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Duncan Taylor, Glen Drammor, Grain, Highlands, Inchgower, Islay, Laphroaig, Macduff, Port Dundas, Speyside, Teaninich
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Deanston 19, 53.4% – Master of Malt
Another one of the recent slew of Master of Malt releases. At some point I started talking about the daily release they were doing. It has calmed down a bit now. Deanston then, I know absolutely nothing about this distillery … Continue reading
Oban Distillery Only
Last summer at Maltstock I got handed my Oban D.O. bottle and I was a happy camper. I bought it from my Eugene, who apparently picked it up and wanted it gone for reasons I don’t understand, I think. There’s … Continue reading
Glengoyne 21
The first review of the year is one of the last whiskies I tasted last year. One of which the bottle had been open for a while and I wanted it emptied. This 21 year old is their standard 21 … Continue reading
BTC sample 8 – GlenDronach 22, 55.1%
That colour! It makes me very curious whether or not this is delicious, or just overly strong sherry. Probably PX at that, as I’ve had before in some drams. Sniff: Big, fat sherry, which isn’t too surprising of course. Old … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, GlenDronach, Highlands, Pedro Ximinez, PX, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC: Sample 13 (Longmorn 25, 50%)
To continue my flow down the charts (not up, unfortunately), I decided to taste two samples in one sitting yesterday. That way, I don’t necessarily have to taste one tonight, and that might be practical with my planning. We’re up … Continue reading
Posted in Glenturret
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Famous Grouse, Glenturret, Highlands, Longmorn, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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BTC: Sample 10 (Caol Ila Unpeated 12, 64%)
We’re more than half way and although I am still not in the top 15 of the competition, I think it is a bit of consolidation that the number one on the list only has 416 points of a possible … Continue reading
Posted in Old Pulteney
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Caol Ila, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Usquebaugh Society
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