Tag Archives: Islay
Guest post: Battling Feis Ile love-sickness with Kilchoman
A guestpost:
Reminiscing about Feis Ile not happening. by Tom van Engelen! Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Bourbon Cask, Feis Ile, Guest Post, Islay, Kilchoman, Tom van Engelen
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Laphroaig 20yo, 1998-2018, 54.3% – Cadenhead
Since yesterday was Laphroaig’s day on Feis Ile (if I’m not mistaken), I decided to do a very private version of that, by finally drinking this sample of a 20 year old bottling from Cadenhead. It’s a mix of two … Continue reading
Caol Ila 34yo, 1982-2016, 60.1% – Cadenhead
Back in 2016 when I bought two sizable samples of this, I wasn’t overly impressed. I don’t remember why and I don’t remember what I expected. However, it made me forget sample number two until recently, when I could try … Continue reading
Bowmore 1996-2010, 14yo, 59.7% – Braunstein, DFDS Embassy Collection
Yet another Bowmore from the mid-nineties! Generally, as I have waxed about recently, I love these bourbon casks trips down memory lane. This one was bottled 10 years ago, by Braunstein, but the cask was chosen by people from DFDS, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Beam-Suntory, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Braunstein, DFDS, Embassy Collection, Islay
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Bowmore 1995-2012, 16yo, 54.4% – Adelphi
If there are any regulars and they’ve read some earlier posts on Bowmores from the mid-nineties, they probably know I really love these vintages. 1993 is always the much laureled vintage, but I generally prefer 1995 and 1996 for a … Continue reading
Elements of Islay Peat & Sherry, 56.8%
For the 20th anniversary of The Whisky Exchange a few bottlings have been released so far. I rather vividly remember some of their releases for the tenth anniversary. Back then I did a bottle-share with that Clynelish 37, Hakushu 20 … Continue reading
