Tag Archives: Speyside
Macallan 25, batch 5, 48.8% – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
In support of Compass Box’ Transparency Campaign, That Boutique-y Whisky Company have decided to add age statements to all their whiskies. This is a curious decision since the concept of the brand initially was to not do this. It might … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, Macallan, Master of Malt, Sherry Cask, Speyside, That Boutique-y Whisky Company
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Balmenach 1988-2014, 25yo, 54.3% – Signatory Vintage
Balmenach is one of those distilleries that you don’t see many bottlings of. The first one I ever tried was a dirty and slightly rubbery Blackadder bottling, probably about ten years ago. They were put on my map again in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Balmenach, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Signatory Vintage, Speyside
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Benromach Sassicaia 2007 (bottled 2016), 45%
Benromach releases a Sassicaia finished whisky from their warehouses every year or so. They don’t come with an age, but they use a vintage instead. They go with vintages for a lot of the wood finished whiskies, while the older … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Benromach, Forres, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Sassicaia finish, Speyside, Wine cask
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Smith’s Glenlivet 1974, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail’s Rare Vintage
Glenlivet doesn’t pop up all that often in independent bottlings. Also is it not quite on the radar of the usual suspects I taste whisky with. The result of that is, of course, that I don’t try many Glenlivets. This … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Free Sample, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Rare Vintage, Sherry Cask, Speyside, The Wood Makes the Whisky
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Speyburn 1991, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail
Upon launching their ‘The Wood makes the Whisky‘ campaign, Gordon & MacPhail have sent out quite a few samples to bloggers around, well, Europe I guess. In the past I’ve reviewed a couple of them, but it was about damn … Continue reading
Benromach 2006-2015, 61.8% – Handfilled at the Distillery
When I was at the distillery in November last year, there was a bourbon cask available for hand filling. This is not that cask. This is the (comparable) cask available at the distillery at the beginning of 2015. The handfilled … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006, Benromach, Bourbon Cask, Distillery Only, Forres, Gordon & MacPhail, Handfilled, Speyside
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BenRiach 1995-2014, 18yo, Port Puncheon, 53.5% – OB for Whisky Weekend Twente
Those private casks for festivals and clubs always go in waves. Over the last couple of years it has been Bowmore, GlenDronach, Ledaig, Glenfarclas en also BenRiach. Now, with BenRiach it’s not very surprising since they always do a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, BenRiach, Festival bottling, Port Cask, Port Puncheon, Private Cask, Speyside
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BenRiach 1985-2010, 25yo, 48.1% – Liquid Sun for Japan
Back in 2010, when I bought this bottle I wasn’t entirely sure about my purchase when I finally got it in. A random BenRiach from a random bottler, from a random cask. Should I have done this? I kept doubting … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, BenRiach, Bourbon Cask, Bourbon Hogshead, Liquid Sun, Speyside, The Whisky Agency
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Coleburn 1983-1998, 15yo, 43% – Signatory Vintage
Coleburn is one of those obscure Speyside distilleries that hasn’t gotten very popular even though it’s closed and every bottle from the place is limited. That has worked for almost all other distilleries, but this one. So, when I got … Continue reading
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Tagged 1983, Closed Distillery, Coleburn, Signatory, Speyside, Vintage Collection
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