Tag Archives: Speyside
Linkwood 12, 2010-2022, First Fill Bourbon Cask 309279, 55.5% – Finn Thomson
Finn Thomson, not to be confused with the ThomPson brothers, but also a bottler of Scotch whisky. In sort-of fancy hexagonal bottles (or was is an octagon?). Anyway, the bottle came in a tube similarly ‘gonal’, which made the tube … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Bourbon Cask, Finn Thomson, Linkwood, review, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whiskey, Whisky
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Glenlivet Nàdurra 16, Bottled in 2007, Batch 0407C, 59.7%
Back in the day, when I still was innocent and unspoiled I bought a bottle of this at De Whiskykoning. I absolutely loved it, the fruitiness, the fierceness, the differentiation of what Glenlivet was known for. The entire package spoke … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Glenlivet, Nadurra, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whisky
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Cragganmore 38, 1985-2023, Refill American Oak Hogshead 601269, 45.3% – Cask of Distinction for Wu Dram Clan
This truly is something special. There have only been four older Cragganmores ever, and with this one coming from the guys at Wu Dram Clan, my expectations are soaring. Cragganmore is one of those distilleries that never really disappoints, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, Cask of Distinction, Cragganmore, Diageo, Hong Kong Whisky Fellows, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whiskey, Whisky, Wu Dram Clan
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Glenlivet 12, The Original Stories – Illicit Still, 48%
I always have a bit of a chuckle when one of the biggest, most corporate distilleries in Scotland starts toting things like ‘Illicit Still’. This whisky is about 200 years removed from an illicit still at Glenlivet, but that doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Glenlivet, Illicit Still, Limited Edition, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whisky
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Macallan 1998-2009, Bourbon Barrel 1193, 54.9% – Malts of Scotland
It’s been ages since I had a Malts of Scotland bottling, and it’s been even longer since I had a Macallan. I was about to rant a lot about why Macallan is no longer regarded as highly as it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, Bourbon Cask, Macallan, Malts of Scotland, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whisky
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Glenburgie 25, 1995-2020, Hogshead 6543, 52.9% – Signatory Vintage
During COVID (yes, again) there were a lot of Glenburgies being released. Most of them were distilled in the mid-nineties and they tend to make for gorgeously fruity drams. It should come as no surprise that some of these bottles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Bourbon Cask, Glenburgie, Signatory Vintage, Speyside
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Linkwood 1973-2004, Refill Bourbon Hogshead, 52.5% – Skorupa Rareliquids
If you’re thinking that you’ve never heard of this bottler, that would make perfect sense since this is the only bottling under their name. I had this sample a while ago and I still had no recollection of it, also … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, Bourbon Cask, Linkwood, Skorupa Rareliquids, Speyside, Whiskey
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Burnside 28, 1991-2020, Bourbon Barrel 7367, 45% – C. Dully Selection
Yeah, another ‘blended malt’ from Balvenie Distillery. There’s a drop of something else, most likely Glenfiddich, in this one to declassify this as Single Malt. Of course, this generally is reflected in the price and many whisky fanatics know by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, C. Dully Selection, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Teaspooned
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Glenfiddich 26, 1995-2021, 1st Fill European Oak Sherry Butt, 48.2% – OB for COP26 Conference
This is a rather special one. Not only is it a bottle that was/is only available through auction and the secondary market, it’s also a very old fashioned ‘one ‘Fiddich with proper European oak maturation for a longer period of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, COP26, Distillery Only, Glenfiddich, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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