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Tag Archives: Sweden
The Nordic Casks #1, Berry Bros. & Rudd
A little while ago, ‘The Nordic Casks’ were released by London bottler Berry Bros. & Rudd. The Nordic Casks is a set of four different whiskies from, you’d never guess, the Nordics. Single cask bottlings from a distillery in Norway, … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Fary Lochan, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken
Tagged 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Denmark, Fary Lochan, Finland, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken, Nettle smoked, Nordic Casks, Norway, Sherry Cask, Sweden
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Whisky Advent Calendar, days 13 to 19…
So, I suddenly stopped blogging about the Whisky Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram / Master of Malt. This didn’t happen for nothing. I am also the editor-in-chief of our whisky club’s magazine, De Kiln. It’s a quarterly publication, … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Grain Whisky, - World Whisky, Balvenie, Fettercairn, Girvan, GlenDronach, Jura, Mackmyra
Tagged 100 Proof, Advent Calendar, Balvenie, Blended Whisky, Brukswhisky, Double Wood, Drinks by the Dram, Dufftown, Fettercairn, Fior, Free Sample, Girvan, Girvan Patent Still, GlenDronach, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Mackmyra, Master of Malt, NAS, Speyside, Superstition, Sweden, The Blended Whisky Company, The Lost Distilleries Blend
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Blind Tasting Competition day 13: Isle of Jura 1988, 51.2% – The Whiskyman for Sweden
Where yesterday saw me scoring for guessing the correct distillery, today saw me staying just clear of zero points based on a wild ABV guess. Just for the sake of completeness. After 13 days, you can technically have 1300 points. … Continue reading
Posted in Jura
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Sweden, The Whiskyman, Usquebaugh Society
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Spirit of Hven, Seven Stars #3, Phecda, 45%
Montsh ago the nice folks at Spirit of Hven Distillery sent me this sample but, I’m sorry to say, it got lost in the box. It’s only the last couple of weeks that I’m really ramping through my samples with … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Spirit of Hven
Tagged Free Sample, Hven, Seven Stars, Spirit of Hven, Sweden, World Whisky
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A trio from Spirit of Hven
With a title like that I almost feel like Serge Valentin, reviewing multiples of the same distillery on a single day. Spirit of Hven is a relatively new distillery in Sweden on the island of Hven. Strangely enough it is … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, - World Whisky, Spirit of Hven
Tagged Free Sample, Gin, Hven, Organic, Single Malt, Spirit of Hven, Sweden, Swedish Whisky
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Three peated AnCnoc: Rutter, Flaughter, Tushkar
A couple of weeks ago I got contacted by Lukasz from Alembic Communications, although if you know the bloke it’s probably because he’s part of the Edinburgh Whisky Blog crew too. AnCnoc was releasing three new whiskies, all peated, and … Continue reading
Posted in AnCnoc, Knockdhu
Tagged Alembic Communications, AnCnoc, Flaughter, Inverhouse Distillers, Knockdhu, Rutter, Speyside, Sweden, Tushkar, Twitter Tasting
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