Tag Archives: Speyside
Benromach 21, Bottled in 2004, Tokaji Wood Finish, 45%
Tokaji finishes are always a huge risk, if I’m honest. The good ones are very hard to come by, and most of them are at best interesting. I seem to remember an interesting Longrow of which, more than a decade … Continue reading
Glen Moray 14, 2007-2021, Hogshead 6305, 51.7% – Catawiki
Catawiki released this series of ‘Catawhisky’ last year for their avid auction bidders. I believe it was stated that the first 1000 people to spend € 1000 on their auction site would get a batch of samples from this. What … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Bourbon Cask, Catawhisky, Catawiki, Glen Moray, Speyside
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BenRiach ‘The Smoky Ten’, Bourbon & Rum & Virgin Oak Casks, 46%
Because it is not enough to have a regular bottling and a smoky version of that bottling. You also need to use every cask under the sun when doing so. Of course, there are far more types of casks available … Continue reading
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Tagged BenRiach, Bourbon Cask, Brown-Forman, Rum Cask, Speyside, Virgin oak cask
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Strathmill 31, 1975, Côtes du Rhône Wine Cask, 42.3% – Creative Whisky Company
This bottling from a decade and a half ago comes from the Creative Whisky Company, then run by David Stirk. Since it’s been sold there have been no bottlings as far as I know. Strathmill is one of those distilleries … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Speyside, Strathmill, Wine cask
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Longmorn 10, 2011-2022, 52.4% – Michiel Wigman ‘They Inspired’
I guess by now not much of an introduction is needed for the ‘They Inspired’ series by Michiel Wigman. Single cask whisky, selected by the master himself, with a portrait of someone on the label that Michiel finds inspiring. We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Bourbon Cask, Hans Dillesse, Longmorn, Michiel Wigman, Speyside, They Inspired
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Glen Moray 10, 2007, Bourbon Barrel, 46% – Alba Import
Glen Moray is one of those distilleries that tends to have a style that is fairly generic. It makes a perfectly decent Speyside style whisky, but often it doesn’t really make memories. However, some times what comes from the Elgin … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Alba Import, Bourbon Cask, Germany, Glen Moray, Speyside, Speyside Trail
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Benrinnes 12, 2007-2020, Cask 14358, 54.9% – WIN for Whisky Weekend Twente
Whisky Weekend Twente is one of the many whisky festivals in The Netherlands. It is also one that I’ve never been to, since it’s quite far away (to Dutch standards) and it’s one of those festivals where it’s mostly importers … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Benrinnes, Bourbon Cask, Speyside, Whisky Import Nederland, Whisky Weekend Twente, WIN
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Benromach Contrasts: Peat Smoke 2012-2021, First-Fill Sherry Hogsheads, 46%
Benromach Contrasts is a series of whiskies from the awesome Speyside distillery that showcases a specific element of whisky making, which they then have changed from their regular releases. To put things in contrast, so to say. So far there … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Benromach, Contrasts, Forres, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Glenrothes 36, 1986-2022, Bourbon Hogshead 2125, 45.6% – Wu-Dram Clan
Our neighbours to the east keep at it with another rather spectacular release. This time it’s a Glenrothes from the mid-eighties. You don’t get to try whisky this old all that often anymore, so when a sample dropped in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, Bourbon Cask, Duckhammers Rare & Fine, Glenrothes, Speyside, Wu-Dram Clan
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Speyside Region 21, 1998-2020, Hogshead 18505, 54% – Archives
Yet another archives bottling! Not overly surprising with this being one of my favorite bottlers at the moment. They seem to be hitting the sweet spot between price and quality quite often! Surprisingly, I don’t really know what distillery this … Continue reading
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