Tag Archives: Highlands
Blair Athol 13, bottled 2022, 56.2% – Hand filled at the distillery
A friend of mine gave me a sample of this a little while ago. Last year he visited the distillery on a family holiday to Scotland, if I recall correctly. This cask was available and although it officially doesn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged Blair Athol, Distillery Only, Hand Filled, Highlands, Pitlochry, Wine cask
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Royal Lochnagar 30, 1974-2004, 56.2% – Rare Malts
And once again, I managed to find a bridge between one week and the next. This week we’re switching to the Highlands instead of Speyside. We do so through last week’s review of a Benromach from the Rare Malts series, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Diageo, Highlands, Rare Malts, Royal Lochnagar
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Highland Malt Whisky 11, 2010-2022, Barrel 2534, 58.1% – Whiskybase Gathering 2022
It is a public secret that this whisky is an 11 year old Clynelish. Not always do you get to know which distillery a ‘secret <enter region here>’ whisky is from, but in this case, Whiskybase didn’t really hide it. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Highlands, Undisclosed Distillery, Whiskybase, Whiskybase Gathering
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Ben Nevis 9, 2012-2022, Manzanilla cask, 59.6% – King Cask
Ben Nevis is hugely popular nowadays, with their regular 10 year old being one of the best entry level whiskies out there. That is, if you can get it. However, I tend to steer away from the plethora of young … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Ben Nevis, Highlands, King cask, Manzanilla cask, Sherry Cask
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Glenlochy 1979-2012, Refill Sherry Hogshead RO/12/04, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
I only ever had one bottle of Glenlochy in my collection. I got it after reading about ‘Whisky of the land‘ in one of the April Fools articles on WhiskySponge, which is a very good article that I sometimes even … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, Closed Distillery, Glenlochy, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Rare Old
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Thalassa Whisky 10, 2011-2022, 55% – King Cask
Another one of those weird whiskies from King Cask. And by weird I am talking about the way it came to be instead of the actual whisky. This one, with an ‘Origin near the Falls of Bruar’, or as is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Blair Athol, Bourbon Cask, Cognac cask, Highlands, King cask, Thalassa, Undisclosed Distillery
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Glenesk 5, 40% – Wm. Sanderson & Son
Another very old bottling, with this 5 year old Glenesk. The distillery closed in 1985, so the bottling itself is at least 32 years old by now. My first experience with this distillery was at a festival in Vlissingen, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Closed Distillery, Diageo, Glenesk, Highlands, Hillside
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Teaninich 20, 1999-2019, Hogshead 307938, 55.7% – Archives
Teaninich is one of the work horse distilleries of Diageo, situated in Alness where I happened to reside for a couple of days at the end of October. Didn’t go to the distillery though, since they don’t receive visitors and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Archives, Bourbon Cask, Highlands, Teaninich, Whiskybase
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Flora & Fauna Classics, revisited by Tom van Engelen
Once more Tom has kindly supplied us with some nice reviews of things I normally don’t have on my radar. In this case, it’s a trio of Flora & Fauna releases by Diageo. With a Blair Athol, still regularly available, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blair Athol, Caol Ila, Diageo, Flora & Fauna, Guest Post, Highlands, Islay, Lowlands, Rosebank, Tom van Engelen
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Malt Fascination 