Tag Archives: Sherry Butt
Clynelish 1984-2010, 25yo, 57.3% – SMWS (26.71 – The Great Outdoors)
When given half a chance, I try to pick Clynelish and Springbank as whiskies to taste. As in, I generally like most of what comes from these distilleries and find they have a truly unique character. When leafing through the book … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Clynelish, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Sherry Butt, SMWS, The Society's Share, The Vaults
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Glen Grant 1950-2015, 65yo, 59.3% – Gordon & MacPhail for Wealth Solutions
I’m not sure if you realized it while skimming the title of this post, but we’re talking about a 65 year old whisky that’s been bottled at 59.3%. That means, according to general practice in Scotland and the press release, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Glen Grant, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Butt, Speyside, Wealth Solutions
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Tomintoul 1967-2000, 33yo, 40% – Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old
Another sample that I got as a mystery sample. Buddy MZ wanted to know my thoughts. I’m happy to oblige. MZ and I met for the first time at my home when I put an open invitation on our club’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, Gordon & MacPhail, Rare Old, Sherry Butt, Speyside, Tomintoul
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GlenDronach 20yo, 1994-2014, Cask #3400, 54.8% – Bottled for Abbey Whisky
Last year I tried a GlenDronach that I really regret not getting a bottle of. Strangely though, I tried again in the Blind Tasting Competition and I wasn’t fond of it. Others had the same experience but upon trying that … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Whisky, Free Sample, GlenDronach, Private Bottling, PX Cask, Sherry Butt
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Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask, 58.6%, cask S060710004
While I should technically do another two whisky reviews before getting to this one, as this one was the last whisky of the evening, I decided to skip them as those two bottles were the Bowmore Tempest Batch 3, and … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged Emakina, Kavalan, King Car Company, Sherry Butt, Single Cask, Solist, Taiwan, Whisky tasting
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Blind Tasting Competition 11: Balblair 23, 1990-2013, 46%
Well this sucks. I had the entire post lined up yesterday. WordPress usually saves everything you do, resulting in way too many fake drafts and this time it just decided to not do that. So I lost my post, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Balblair, Blind Tasting Competition, Glengoyne, Highlands, Sherry Butt, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 1: Longmorn 17, 1996-2013, 57.5% – The Ultimate by Van Wees
So, the competition has started. As long as I’m further up the ranking than last year I’m going to quite satisfied. Let’s see what this dram is about, since there’s nothing else to talk about right now. Sniff: Old fashioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Longmorn, Macallan, Sherry Butt, Speyside, The Ultimate, Usquebaugh Society, Van Wees
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Clynelish 13yo, 1989-2002, 56%, South African Sherry Butt – Signatory Vintage
Now this is a curious whisky. Technically, if we take all claimed regions and products in account there is no such thing as South African Sherry. Now it’s very possible to create something exactly the same and call it differently … Continue reading
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Tagged Brora, Clynelish, Dumpy, Highlands, Sherry Butt, Signatory, South African Sherry, Vintage
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Karuizawa Noh, 1980-2013, 59.2%, cask #3565
Like yesterday’s Mars Shinshu whisky I got this in a trade of some samples I did with a fellow Usquebaugh Society member last Sunday when we were at the Zuidam distillery to select our next club bottling. More on that … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Karuizawa
Tagged Closed Distillery, Japan, Karuizawa, Kirin, Sherry Butt
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Shinshu Mars, 1992-2004, 43%, cask #1124
That’s a nice way to be introduced to a distillery you haven’t tried before. Trade a sample, and have it turn out to be a single cask as well! A split cask, by the looks of it on Whiskybase, since … Continue reading
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