Tag Archives: Speyside
Burnside 1999-2023, Oksamyt Wine Finish, 57.9% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Where Fiddichside is obviously Glenfiddich, Burnside is their neighbouring distillery of Balvenie. As with many distilleries nowadays, they don’t want their distillery name on the label, and on top of that things have to be bottled as a blended malt. … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Balvenie, Burnside
Tagged 1999, Balvenie, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blended Malt, Burnside, Kirsch Import, Speyside, Tea spooned, Wine cask
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Fiddichside 31, 1989-2021, 1st Fill Oloroso and PX Finish, 47.5% – Murray McDavid Mission Gold
Fiddichside, hmm… What could it be? I don’t know of any other distillery with ‘fiddich’ in its name, so I guess this will always be a guess. It does say that it’s a blended malt, so it might be a … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Glenfiddich
Tagged 1989, Blended Malt, Drambo, Fiddichside, Glenfiddich, Mission Gold, Murray McDavid, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Mannochmore 13, 2010-2023, Bourbon Hogshead 3088, 54.8% – Dràm Mòr
After a couple of weeks of holidaying in France, and bringing quite a bag of samples with me that I barely (barley?) touched, let’s get right back to reviewing some fine drams! The first one of which is another one … Continue reading
Speyside Single Malt 24, 1998-2023, 53.2% – Thompson Brothers
If you want older scotch malt whisky these days, you either have to go for undisclosed distilleries or blended malts. Or teaspooned as they like to call it. That is, if you want to keep things at least a little … Continue reading
Posted in Speyside, Undisclosed
Tagged 1998, Dornoch, Dramtime, Phil and Simon Thompson, Phil Thompson, Simon Thompson, Speyside, Thompson Bros, Undisclosed Distillery
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Longmorn 10, 2011-2022, 52.4% – Michiel Wigman ‘They Inspired’ (part deux)
So, back in April I reviewed Michiel’s latest escapade by tasting his Longmorn 10 from 2011. As said in that post, I should have added water but I didn’t, even though I was specifically instructed to do so. Michiel being … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Bourbon Cask, Hans Dillesse, Longmorn, Michiel Wigman, Re-tasting, Speyside, They Inspired
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Linkwood 13, 2008-2022, Hogshead 306520, 52.1% – Catawiki
Much like the Glen Moray of a little while ago, the Linkwood is another bottling that is not for sale through ‘regular’ channels. And by regular, I mean any. If you want to try this, you have to be in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, Bourbon Cask, Catawhisky, Catawiki, Linkwood, Speyside
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BenRiach ‘The Twelve’, Bourbon & Sherry & Port Casks, 46%
Another BenRiach I used for a tasting at work last year. A tasting where 22 people emailed me to join in and only 9 showed up. Yes, I’m still annoyed by that. Anyway, I used this BenRiach to compare unpeated … Continue reading
Speyside 8, 2014-2023, First Fill Moscatel finish, 51.7% – Dràm Mòr
Recently I was sent some samples from Dràm Mòr’s newest release by Viktorija Macdonald for reviewing. Of course, I am willing to make a sacrifice for the greater good, so here’s the first one! Some years ago I met Viktorija’s … Continue reading
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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Malt Fascination 