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Springbank 1995-2012, 56.5% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Labels
As far as I know, Springbank is a popular distillery. Yet somehow, it took The Whisky Exchange over two years to sell this 16 or 17 year old whisky from their shop. It was quite reasonably priced as well, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, Campbeltown, Retro Labels, Springbank, The Whisky Exchange
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Another iteration of an Usquebaugh Regional Tasting
Every once in a while we do a regional tasting for Usquebaugh Society members. Today was another one themed ‘patience’. That boiled down to mostly bottles from a couple of years ago. In some cases that ‘couple’ is an understatement. … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Highland Park, Laphroaig, Scapa, Springbank
Tagged Abbey Whisky, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blackadder, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Christmas Edition, City of Zwolle, Clynelish, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Feis Ile, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, HIghland Park, Laphroaig, Scapa, Signatory, Springbank, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky tasting
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Springbank Vintage 1996, Single Cask 263, 54.9%
Generally, when you think of a Fino cask matured whisky you’re not imagining a really deep brown dram. In this case, that would make you wrong. Generally, when you think of a single cask from a distillery, bottled by themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Campbeltown, Fino cask, Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen, Private Cask, Single Cask, Springbank
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Springbank Green, 12yo, 46%
Last Friday JK and I hosted a booze tasting at work. We would have made it a whisky tasting, but due to some explicit requests to not only do whiskies, we ended up going through a gin and a mezcal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon casks, Campbeltown, Emakina, Organic, Springbank, Whisky tasting
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Blind Tasting Competition 13: GlenDronach 1993-2013, 20yo, 59.1%, cask #33 – Abbey Whisky
The last third of the competition commences now. We’ve had 12 drams so far with a possible 1200 points to score. I am slightly ashamed that I’ve not even managed to get 300 points, I’m at 292 at the moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, GlenDronach, Highlands, Oloroso Cask, Springbank, Usquebaugh Society
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Port & Peat bottle share wrap-up
The only thing I’ve got to do with the Bottle share whiskies of the Port & Peat theme I recently bought, sampled, handed over and tasted is decide which one is my favorite and finish the bottles (read: my own samples). … Continue reading
Posted in BenRiach, Kilchoman, Longrow, Talisker
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Carbost, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Kilchoman, Longrow, Port & Peat, Solstice, Speyside, Springbank, Talisker
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Longrow Red 2014, Fresh Port Casks, 51.8%
As said in a previous post, I’m kind of enamoured with peated whisky from a port cask. Whether it’s a finish or a maturation doesn’t really matter to me, as long as the cask doesn’t fully overpower the whisky. How much … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Campbeltown, Longrow, Port & Peat, Port Cask, Springbank
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Venturing into darkness. Another three Sherry reviews
During the Sherry Twitter Tasting I wrote about earlier, we didn’t stop at two. Of course we didn’t as there is more than Fino and Manzanilla to come from that neck of the Spanish woods. As we continued our Twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, International Sherry Week, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry, Springbank, Twitter Tasting
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