Tag Archives: NAS
Macallan ‘Rich Cacao’, The Harmony Collection, 44%
The fifth of twelve whiskies in this year’s Blind Tasting Competition. Because age-guessing is part of the game, I never think of NAS whiskies. But, apart from that, I would never have guessed Macallan. Just on principe. Value for Money … Continue reading
Ben Nevis MacDonald’s Traditional, 46%
In a recent sample exchange, Tom chucked in a sample of this Ben Nevis NAS. In recent years this distillery has become much more popular up to a level that their regular 10 years old is more often sold out … Continue reading
Glenmorangie Tùsail, 46%
When this was released I tried to bottle-share it, but I believe no one was interested. Why care about Glenmorangie, right? However, the entire concept of this bottling, with the maris-otter barley instead of regular far-more-yielding barley was something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Maris Otter, NAS, Private Edition
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Springbank CV, 46% – OB from 1997
Springbank CV. One of the earlier NAS whiskies to ever be mainstream. About a decade ago it was re-released with the other brands too, Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn. Three 20cl bottles in a small box. While these weren’t exactly bad, … Continue reading
Houses Tyrell, Greyjoy, Lannister, and the Night’s Watch
So, rather counterintuitively, I got excited by the Game of Thrones whiskies. Generally I steer clear of those highly marketed, media tie-in things, but in this case the media tie-in is something I was rather enthusiastic about. Of course, I … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish, Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker
Tagged Clynelish, Game of Thrones, Highlands, House Greyjoy, House Lannister, House Tyrell, Islay, Lagavulin, NAS, Oban, Skye, Talisker, The Night's Watch
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Bowmore, 56.1% – OB for Feis Ile 2014
Mostly, when a Feis Ile bottling comes out, there are ways of identifying it apart from the release for the festival. Lagavulin generally has an age, Ardbeg had some ridiculous theme, Laphroaig has a Cairdeas edition and so on. Bowmore … Continue reading
Lagavulin Distillery Only 2017, 54.1%
Last April I visited Lagavulin distillery, and while the tasting was amazing, the tour was pretty shit. Luckily their shop was filled with all kinds of awesomeness. Even more lucky, I got my hands on most everything that was available … Continue reading
Knappogue Castle NAS, Early fifties, 92 proof
This is a bit of a weird one, and it was a rather expensive one. A few years ago Stefan van der Boog, known from Passie voor Whisky bought a bottle of very old Knappogue Castle from a collection. Based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Knappogue Castle, NAS, Passie voor Whisky
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Glenmorangie Signet, 46%
In his recent guest post, Shai called Glenmorangie Signet ‘his favorite whisky he likes to drink, but not buy’. I found that a curious statement, but it got me thinking about it. When Signet came out, I guess about a … Continue reading
A dram in the morning
Over the last decade I have read a lot about whisky. About the production process, the background and history of distilleries and (semi)scientific writings about which molecules have which influence during fermentation and maturation. In many whisky books and magazines … Continue reading
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