Tag Archives: The Whisky Exchange
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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Maltstock 2015 – Saturday
I was going to say that Maltstock days begin with the most awesome breakfast ever. However, this one started with a massive headache. Not overly surprising, but most unwelcome for sure. Rehydration starts. Then came breakfast. For a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Abbott, HIghland Park, Maltstock, Mars Komagatake, Shinshu Mars, The Whisky Exchange, William Grant and Sons
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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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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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Heelslaying, or bottle ends in March
When the year started I announced how much smaller my collection had to be by the end of the year. Then, as more people were planning such escapades there was a twitter hashtag with updates on emptied bottles. I posted … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Blair Athol, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Convalmore, FEW, GlenDronach, Glenlochy, Glenugie, Hibiki, Inverleven, Linkwood, Undisclosed
Tagged Aberfeldy, Arran, Blair Athol, Blended Whisky, Bottoms Up, Bowmore, Cadenhead, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Convalmore, Corsica, Dutch Courage, Evanston, FEW, Gin, GlenDronach, Glenlochy, Glenugie, Hibiki, Inverleven, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Mars Komagatake, Old Tom Gin, Private Cask, Prometheus, Retro Labels, Rye Whiskey, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Shinshu Mars, SMWS, Suntory, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, USA, Wemyss, Whisky Site, Whiskybase, Zuidam
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Usquebaugh Society Regional Tasting Noord-Holland – January 2015
Every couple of months someone in the province of Noord-Holland organises the regional tasting for the Usquebaugh Society. They do this too in other areas of the country but not in the same way, where it is at someone’s home. … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Laphroaig, Linkwood, Littlemill, Longmorn, Mortlach, Port Dundas
Tagged Archives, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Clan Denny, Crabs, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Douglas Laing, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Islay, Laphroaig, Linkwood, Liquid Library, Littlemill, Longmorn, Lowlands, Moon Import, Murray McDavid, Port Dundas, Regional Tasting, Speyside, The Ultimate, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Usquebaugh Society, Van Wees, Whiskybroker
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My favorite whiskies of 2014
I started doing my end-of-year lists yesterday with the music one. I love doing that since it makes me reconsider what I’m listening to for a large part of every day, and everybody else does their lists first so I get … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Arran, Benromach, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Glen Grant, Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Macallan, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Springbank
Tagged Arran, Asta Morris, Benromach, Bowmore, Campbeltown, Clynelish, Compass Box, Darkness!, Devil's Casks, Feis Ile, Glen Grant, Gordon & MacPhail, Great King St., Imperial, Karuizawa, Lagavulin, Longrow, Longrow Red, Macallan, Masterpieces, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Port Cask, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Signatory, SMWS, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Wealth Solutions
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Clynelish 18yo, 50.6% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Series
No, don’t go rushing to The Whisky Exchange’s site. It’s long gone. An affordable Clynelish that is well aged and matured in a good sherry cask is going to be popular. If, on top of that, Serge Valentin of Whiskyfun.com … Continue reading
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Tagged Brora, Clynelish, Eastern Highlands, Highlands, Retro Labels, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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Caol Ila 1996, 18yo, 62.2% – Masterpieces by Speciality Drinks Ltd.
While I don’t mind people taking credit for what they’ve done, or in this case picked from the available options, however, calling something you did yourself is kind of presumptuous. However, I should have bought last year’s Clynelish since it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Caol Ila, Diageo, Islay, Masterpieces, Speciality Drinks Ltd., Sukhinder Singh, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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Linkwood 16yo, 48% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Series
Every year around the Whisky Exchange’s The Whisky Show event in London, they release a slew of special bottlings. Mostly these consist of their Retro labels, in which they have an artist draw up some old fashioned style labels for … Continue reading
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Tagged Diageo, Linkwood, Retro Labels, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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Malt Fascination 