Tag Archives: Master of Malt
Clynelish 16yo, Oloroso finish, 54.9% – Darkness!
The last in a series of five Darkness! reviews. There was no particular order, so don’t assume anything from that. In this case, the fifth one is a 16 year old Clynelish. At cask strength. So far, that’s a recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish
Tagged Brora, Clynelish, Darkness!, Free Sample, Highlands, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Oloroso Cask
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Macallan 15yo, Pedro Ximénez finish, 52.3% – Darkness!
Another one of those Darkness! reviews. And, let’s be forward here: my favourite of the bunch. Macallan got a lot of flack over the last couple of years, more or less since the Fine Oak series came out and their … Continue reading
Posted in Macallan
Tagged Darkness!, Free Sample, Macallan, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Speyside
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Ardbeg 21yo, Pedro Ximénez Finish, 40.1% – Darkness!
Of course, since this is an Ardbeg, I should start by stating the obvious: It has already sold out. I’m surprised it lasted a couple of minutes with the remarkable popularity that Ardbeg has. Unfortunately, I expect a lot of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardbeg, Darkness!, Free Sample, Islay, Master of Malt, PX finish
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Benrinnes 15yo, Pedro Ximénez Finish, 53.3% – Darkness!
The second Benrinnes from Master of Malt‘s Darkness! series comes from a Pedro Ximénez cask, instead of the previous Oloroso cask. Both are 50 liters, so a lot of wood/booze contact. Since they are only 50 liters, I thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged Benrinnes, Darkness!, Free Sample, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Speyside
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Benrinnes 15yo, Oloroso Finish, 52.9% – Darkness!
Darkness! is a new brand of whiskies launched by Master of Malt last week. This week they launched something else again so I wonder how they keep track and don’t mix things up. With Darkness! they are labeling their whiskies … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Benrinnes
Tagged Benrinnes, Darkness!, Free Sample, Master of Malt, Speyside
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The Reference Series, part 1. By Master of Malt
Master of Malt came up with yet another clever plot to extract money from us whisky lovers. This time they call it ‘The Reference Series‘ and market it as being educational. While I am always up to expand my knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Undisclosed
Tagged Blended Malt, Master of Malt, Pure Malt, Reference Series, Undisclosed, Vatted Malt
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The Lost Distilleries Blend, Batch 4, 50.9% – The Blended Whisky Company/Master of Malt
As I’ve said plenty of times before, Master of Malt is not only a shop but also a bottler. Although, between the stuff they produce, have produced and bottle under one of their labels, you’d start to think it’s the … Continue reading
Speyside 60 years old, 42.2% – Master of Malt
Last Friday Master of Malt released their 60 year old whisky. They have had a line of undisclosed Speyside whiskies for a while now, including a 30, 40 and 50 year old. This is the top end of the line, … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Distilleries
Tagged Glenfarclas, Master of Malt, Speyside, Undisclosed, Undisclosed Distillery
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2 Gins to end 2013
While I now call myself ‘interested in gin’ in know absolutely nothing about it in terms of which tastes like what. The process itself is fairly straight forward with the devil being in the details. Anyway, with a recent Master … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Bruichladdich
Tagged Bathtub Gin, Bruichladdich, Gin, Islay, Master of Malt, Professor Cornelius Ampleforth, The Botanist
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My favourite whiskies of 2013
I see a lot of blog(ger)s out there have already started their end-of-year lists rating some of their most favourite whiskies of the annum. I’ve been doing the same since I started so I can’t lag behind now, can I? … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Grain Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, - Japanese Whisky, - World Whisky, Balblair, Four Roses, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, High West, Invergordon, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Midleton, Springbank, Zuidam
Tagged American Prairie Reserve, Balblair, Bottle Share, Bourbon, Campbeltown, Douglas Laing, Feis Ile, Four Roses, Glen Scotia, Grain Whisky, High West, Highlands, Invergordon, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Japan, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Lagavulin, Limited Edition, Master of Malt, Midleton, Millstone, Netherlands, Number One Drinks, Old Particular, Small Batch, Springbank, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Whisky Exchange, USA, Wealth Solutions, Zuidam
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