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Tag Archives: Islands
Arran 13, Peated Pinot Noir Cask, 56% – OB for The Netherlands
Look at me reviewing a recent release of which I wasn’t sent a sample! That never happens! Anyway, this one popped up a few weeks ago on the shelves of Dutch whisky shops. It stood out because it being a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Bottled for The Netherlands, Islands, Isle of Arran, Wine cask
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Secret Orkney 2007-2022, 50.8% – Michiel Wigman ‘They Inspired III’
In the 2022 series of They Inspired we find the second Secret Orkney bottling done by Michiel Wigman. Also, it is yet another Secret Orkney after several releases that have been done over the last couple of months by familiar … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2007, Dutch Whisky Connection, Hans Dilesse, HIghland Park, Islands, Michiel Wigman, Orkney, Secret Orkney, Sukhinder Singh, They Inspired
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Talisker 25, 2006 release, 56.9%
I emptied this bottle a little while ago. It was a very nice thing to do because drinking whisky of this level is always a pleasure. It was also a very unfun thing to do, because it’s not something that … Continue reading
Jura ‘Two-One-Two’ 13, 2006-2019, American White Oak Barrels, 47.5%
It’s not often that I try whisky from the Isle of Jura (distillery). From the early onset of my whisky fanaticism I’ve not held much love for Jura. In some cases I figured I had to get over that and … Continue reading
Secret Orkney 17, 2004-2022, Butt 13, 49.4% – WhiskyNerds
It’s been a full month since my last post on here, but more on that later. Holidays happened in the meantime, and when I got back home there was a lovely little sample of this Highland Park whisky waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2004, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds
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Isle of Jura 14, 1995-2010, Refill Bourbon Barrel 3199, 57.8% – Gordon & MacPhail
Ah, the infamous Isle of Jura distillery. On the island of ‘one’. One road, one town, one way there, one hotel, one distillery, one million deer. I was there in 2018. We were on the street across from the distillery … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Bourbon Cask, Gordon & MacPhail, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura
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Tobermory 21, Oloroso Finish, 46.3%
The second whisky from the autumn tasting, which seems to be well timed for a review since it’s about 30 degrees out here, is this Tobermory. A bottling that’s been available for a couple of years by now, and once … Continue reading
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Tagged Highlands, Islands, Isle of Mull, Mull, Oloroso Cask, Sherry Cask, Tobermory
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Breath of the Isles 14, 1993-2007, Refill Hogshead 3746, 57% – Adelphi
Of course, this is an undisclosed single malt whisky. Adelphi has (or used to have) a slew of them in the ‘Breath of…’ series. Islay, Speyside, the Highlands. The only two regions not covered are the Lowlands and Campbeltown, for … Continue reading
Posted in Talisker, Undisclosed
Tagged 1993, Adelphi, Breath of the Isles, Islands, Skye, Talisker
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