Tag Archives: Speyside
Glendullan 1981-2009, 28yo, 49.6% – The Whisky Agency
Here’s just a quick review before all hell breaks loose in December. With what’s coming in regards of sheer sample volume that has to be tasted, I’m starting to see the benefits of a sober January. I also know that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Dufftown, Flowers, Glendullan, Speyside, The Whisky Agency
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Benromach Distillery
Right on the heels of a far longer tasting at Balvenie than we expected we had to go back north to Benromach. It was an hours drive, and we had an hour. And we still needed to grab lunch. Right … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Benromach, Cask Sample, Cask Strength, Distillery tour, Forres, Gordon & MacPhail, Keith Cruickshank, Speyside, Tasting, Travel
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A tour of Balvenie
So, during our little tromp through Speyside last week we started the Whisky bit off with a rather expansive tour of Balvenie distillery, their wee maltings and the cooperage. We were right on time for the tour, and were welcomed … Continue reading
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Tagged Balvenie, David Mair, Distillery Only, Distillery tour, Distillery visit, Scotland, Speyside, Warehouse 24, Whisky tasting, William Grant & Sons
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BenRiach 1998, 17yo PX Finish, 48.9% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
At Maltstock I generally trade a lot of booze with other people. For some I bring samples, for others bottles. And for Billy Abbott of The Whisky Exchange, I normally bring a few beers and whatever I’ve got lying around … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, BenRiach, Billy Abbott, Free Sample, Private Bottling, Sherry Cask, Single Cask, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange
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Glen Keith 1995-2014, 19yo, 56.3% – Chivas Brothers, CS Edition
With Glen Keith it’s always a bit of a guess whether you’ll find the bottles in a web shop’s closed distilleries section or not. Technically, it’s not a closed distillery any more, but the sales that come from that term … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Cask Strength, Chivas Brothers, Closed Distillery, Glen Keith, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange
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Glenburgie 1983-2012, 28yo, 54.3% – Signatory Cask Strength for The Nectar
Another wee bottle share I did a little while ago. There are a couple of groups on Facebook in which you can sell your own bottles and this one popped up in there a little while ago. I decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1983, Ballantines, Glenburgie, Hogshead, Pernod Ricard, Signatory, Signatory Vintage, Speyside
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Tomatin Contrast, bourbon and sherry matured, 46%
For those of you who don’t follow whisky news, or do but have been living under a rock: Tomatin is quickly becoming one of the cooler distilleries out there. I said it a while ago, and I’ll say it again. … Continue reading
Inchgower 1982, 29yo, 53.9% – Whiskybroker.co.uk
Sometimes I find a whisky with a certain profile that I find very hard to define, but oh so delicious. It happened with an Inchgower 1982 from Duncan Taylor. It also happened with a 1982 Clynelish I had during the BTC … Continue reading
Inchgower 1994-2007, 13yo, 58.9%, The Manager’s Dram
During my last Blog Birthday Bash buddy TT left me a sample of this. Contrary to what usually happens (I’m trying to improve this, it’s going better) it didn’t disappear in my nigh-infinite sample stash but I drank it soon. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, Cask Strength, Diageo, Inchgower, Manager's Dram, Speyside
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