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Tag Archives: The Whisky Show
Invergordon 44, 1974-2018, 51.6% – The Whisky Show Exclusive (Future Future)
After the Past Future, and the Present Future, we get to the last part of the triptych. The future, as the guys at The Whisky Show’s organisation expect the future to be in the future. I’m once again very close … Continue reading
Ledaig 12, 58.4% – The Whisky Show Exclusive (Present Future)
A few days ago I wrote about what Past Future meant according to the guys at The Whisky Exchange / The Whisky Show / Elixir Distillers / Speciality Drinks Ltd. Now we get around to Present Future. Or, as it … Continue reading
Posted in Ledaig
Tagged Highlands, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Mull, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tobermory
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Ben Nevis 21, 47.5% – The Whisky Show Exclusive (Past Future)
Past Future obviously sounds weird. This is the first of a triptych by, I want to say, The Whisky Exchange. But it’s bottled for The Whisky Show of last weekend. Bottled by Speciality Drinks or Elixir Distillers. I’ve lost track … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Fort William, Highlands, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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A rediscovered love for Islay’s whiskies
My pervious post was about several things, including (and mostly) how I have started loving Islay whiskies again. At some point I got done with the continued barrage of peated drams, but that’s no longer the case. This is part … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore, Caol Ila, Lagavulin, Laphroaig
Tagged Bowmore, Cairdeas, Caol Ila, Feis Ile, Islay Jazz Festival, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Sherry casks, SIngle Malts of Scotland, The Whisky Show
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Laphroaig 1996-2016, 20yo, PX Sherry Butt, 50.6% – Masterpieces
Every year for The Whisky Exchange’s The Whisky Show, the guys at Speciality Drinks *1 bottle a cask for their Masterpieces range. This range consists of whiskies that the bottlers deem especially worthy of being called Masterpieces. In the past … Continue reading
Posted in Laphroaig
Tagged 1996, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Islay, Laphroaig, PX Cask, Sherry casks, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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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
Posted in Caol Ila
Tagged Caol Ila, Diageo, Islay, Masterpieces, Speciality Drinks Ltd., Sukhinder Singh, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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