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Tag Archives: Sherry Cask
3 Arrans by Highland Titles
Highland Titles is a foundation selling tiny plots of land as a souvenir, a bit like the Friends of Laphroaig plots. However, where the Friends of Laphroaig are more a gimmick, the idea behind Highland Titles is to combine all … Continue reading
Posted in Arran
Tagged 1997, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Highland Titles, Islands, Isle of Arran, Peter Bevis, Sherry Cask
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My accidental blend…
Last week I blogged about Ardbeg and spontaneously comparing it to my ‘accidental blend’. This blending happening deserves a post of its own, which also is a bit of a ‘look at me fucking up’ post… I’ve embarrassed myself in … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Glen Scotia, Glenlossie
Tagged 1994, 2001, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead's, Campbeltown, Glen Scotia, Glenlossie, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Warehouse tasting
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Two Clynelishes from the mid-nineties
Ah, Clynelish. Another one of these Diageo distilleries that doesn’t release a lot under their own name (except for the great 14 year old and Distiller’s Edition). Of course, there is the occasional Select Reserve from 2014 and 2015, but … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish
Tagged 1996, Brora, Clynelish, Diageo, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Signatory, The Ultimate, Van Wees
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Old Pulteney 2004-2018, Cask 128, 62.1% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
Old Pulteney is an underrated distillery, in most cases. People now know that older versions, like the 1990 or 1989 that won Jim Murray’s Best Whisky thingy, are good, but there’s a lot more that’s good from the Wick distillery. … Continue reading
Posted in Old Pulteney
Tagged 2004, Free Sample, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange, Wick
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Longrow 2001-2016, 14yo, Fresh Sherry Butt, 53.2% – Springbank Society
It’s not very often that I go through my own bottles at a rapid pace. But somehow, with sherry casks from the Springbank Society that never seems to be a huge problem. In this case it only took a while … Continue reading
Posted in Longrow, Springbank
Tagged 2001, Campbeltown, Longrow, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society
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Love and hate for Lagavulin
That’s some title, isn’t it? Hate is quite overstated, but I have to lure unsuspecting readers in some way, don’t I? Anyway, the third and last distillery we toured while on Islay a few weeks ago was Lagavulin. I did … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Lagavulin
Tagged 1982, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2012, Bourbon Cask, Distillery tour, Iain McArthur, Islay, Lagavulin, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Warehouse tasting
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Bunnahabhain, 2018
Exactly two weeks ago was the day we visited Bunnahabhain Distillery. I did visit it before in 2010, but I didn’t do a tour back then. There wasn’t enough time during our stay on Islay to also take in the … Continue reading
