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Age vs. NAS round 2: Dalmore 12 vs Dalmore Valour
The second round of NAS vs Non-NAS (or Age Stated) is another pair from around the tiny speck of the North Sea that ends in the Moray Firth. That’s a very creative way of saying that they’re not too far … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Blind Tasting, Dalmore, Highlands, NAS, Sherry Cask, Valour
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Age vs. NAS round 1: Glen Moray 12 vs Glen Moray Port Finish
With all the NAS releases being done over last couple of years, and the flack the industry is getting for doing those instead of ‘properly aged whisky’ there was bound to be someone to do a comparison. Of course, a comparison … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Blind Tasting, Elgin, Glen Moray, NAS, Port Cask, Speyside
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Arran Sauternes Cask, 50%
The first dram from the Twitter Tasting last week was Arran’s Sauternes Cask. I always feel like this is a remainder of how they started little over a decade ago. When Arran’s first whiskies started to come out they had … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, NAS, Sauternes Cask, Twitter Tasting
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Inchmurrin, 54.7% – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Well, it’s about bloody time I tried one of last year’s winners from the Malt Maniacs Awards, init? By checking the list again just now I found that I have not tried any of the gold medalists just yet, and … Continue reading
Posted in Loch Lomond
Tagged Highlands, Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond, Malt Maniacs, Master of Malt, NAS, That Boutique-y Whisky Company
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Talisker Port Ruighe, 45.8%
The Talisker Port Ruighe (Portree) is named after the island’s capital town and to make the name a bit of a gimmick they also decided to finish the whisky in port casks. Apart from the town name and the ‘port’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Carbost, Highlands, Islands, NAS, Port & Peat, Port Cask, Skye, Talisker
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The NAS debate #2
Last Monday I wrote a little bit about the NAS debate that’s been going on for about two years. It turned out to be a rather popular post, one of the more popular ones of the last couple of months. … Continue reading
The NAS debate
I don’t think I’ve ever written a post on the NAS debate that’s keeping the whisky industry and aficionados in its grips ever, except the April Fools post a couple of months ago, but I have mingled in the discussions … Continue reading
2 Bowmores, with chocolate!
As you probably have seen on the interwebz since last week, is that Bowmore sent out lovely packages of Bowmore Small Batch and Darkest, both with a piece of custom made chocolate to go with the whisky. As if that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowmore, Chocolate, Darkest, Islay, Montezuma, NAS, Sherry Cask, Small Batch
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Old Pulteney Duncansby Head, 46%
The second bottling from the new Lighthouse Series from the Wick distillery. This lighthouse is situated at farthest point by road from John O’ Groats. The location (according to Google images) is quite spectacular. This bottling is a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alembic Communications, Duncansby Head, Highlands, Lighthouse Series, NAS, Old Pulteney, Twitter Tasting
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