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Tag Archives: Jon Beach
Glen Albyn 1976-2012, Refill Sherry Butts, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail
Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar wouldn’t be complete without a dram of all three former Inverness distilleries! The other two are reviewed already (Millburn and Glen Mhor), but the Glen Albyn was still lying in wait. To be honest I am … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Advent Calendar, Fiddler's, Glen Albyn, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Inverness, Jon Beach, Sherry Cask
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Macallan 10, bottled in the late eighties, 40%
Macallan is one of those distilleries that have spent ages getting their reputation to a stellar level. Age was important, golden promise barley was important, the best sherry casks from Jerez were important. Only to be kicked down again by … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent Calendar, Edrington, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Macallan, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Mortlach 1978-1998, 20yo, 62.2% – Rare Malts Selection
By now the Rare Malts Selection is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. It’s not even that all of them are stellar whiskies, but enough of them are to lift up the entire series. And when they are stellar, I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Advent Calendar, Diageo, Dufftown, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Mortlach, Rare Malts, Speyside
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Speyburn 26, 1988-2015, Cask 2114, 52.3% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Speyburn, one of those distilleries that does things more or less the same as they did it when the distillery opened. At least, that’s the way their official bottlings taste. Made more or less infamous by the insessant unwanted marketing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Advent Calendar, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Speyburn, Speyside
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Millburn 1978-2008, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage
A bottle of Millburn was my first ‘expensive’ whisky, years ago. It unfortunately set a precedent and things have been going in every which way since. I remember trying that bottle based on a sample Rob Stevens, of De Whiskykoning … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Advent Calendar, Fiddler's, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Inverness, Jon Beach, Millburn, Rare Vintage
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The Singleton of Glen Ord 11yo, 2008-2019, 54.8% – Distillery Only / Highland Whisky Festival
I got this sample in Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar, which I only started drinking this week, and only got in between Christmas and New Year’s. As usual, late to the party… Anyway, my good friend JPH (aka Shrek) and I … Continue reading
Chichibu IPA cask, 2017 edition, 57.5%
I have very limited experience with IPA cask whiskies. Mostly because there aren’t many around. And, honestly, if Glenfiddich’s version is anything to go by, that’s not a bad thing. I tried a sip of this whisky at Maltstock last … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Chichibu
Tagged Chichibu, Ichiro's Malt, IPA cask, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jon Beach, Maltstock, Masterclass, Tasting, Tatsuya Minagawa
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White Horse, OB,1960s, no ABV
This sample comes from Jon Beach (of Fiddler’s fame), from a 6 liter bottle. Jon opened it during this year’s Feis Ile and sold samples for the Beatson Cancer Unit in Glasgow. A nice gesture if there ever was one, especially since … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky
Tagged 1960s, Blended Whisky, Feis Ile, Jon Beach, White Horse
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