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Auchentoshan 15, 48.4% – Douglas Laing’s Old Particular
Little over a week ago there was another Twitter Tasting held by Steve from The Whisky Wire. He’s rather active at organizing those, but since I’m able to participate every now and then, you won’t hear me complaining! This time … Continue reading
Old Pulteney Pentland Skerries, 46%
The third and last whisky from the Old Pulteney Twitter Tasting is named after the Pentland Skerries lighthouse on the island of Muckle Skerry in the Pentland Firth. An important lighthouse for the crossing from the mainland to Orkney in … Continue reading
Old Pulteney Duncansby Head, 46%
The second bottling from the new Lighthouse Series from the Wick distillery. This lighthouse is situated at farthest point by road from John O’ Groats. The location (according to Google images) is quite spectacular. This bottling is a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alembic Communications, Duncansby Head, Highlands, Lighthouse Series, NAS, Old Pulteney, Twitter Tasting
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Old Pulteney Noss Head, 46%
Yesterday I participated in a Twitter Tasting with three New Pulteneys. Wait, no, that should be new Old Pulteneys. Anyway, they are releasing three new expressions for travel retail in 1 litre bottles at decent prices. Of course, we have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alembic Communications, Highlands, Lighthouse Series, Noss Head, Old Pulteney, Twitter Tasting
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Bruichladdich Black Art 3, 1989-2012, 48.7%
The final dram in last week’s Twitter Tasting was one that I was rather skeptical about. The Black Art range was once announced as the replacement of the Blacker Still, but it didn’t really get up to that level. As … Continue reading
Bruichladdich Laddie 10, 46%
The Laddie Ten was one of the favourite releases of many a whisky drinker in 2011. Not expensive, actually, very cheap. Very tasty. From a small endearing distillery and such. All those things helped it becoming a very popular malt … Continue reading
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2006, Dunlossit Farm, 50%
Islay Barley, how much attention can go to provenance? Springbank did their Local Barley whisky in 1965 for a while and they have picked that up again little over a decade ago. Now there’s this, not even just Islay Barley, … Continue reading
Bruichaddich The Organic, Multi Vintage, 46%
Last Wednesday Bruichladdich and Steve Rush of The Whisky Wire hosted a Twitter Tasting with four of their current releases. Steve Rush hosts about a million Twitter Tastings per year with all kinds of themes, blenders, distilleries and such. Usually … Continue reading
Mackmyra Twitter Tasting 2013
The Mackmyra Twitter events seem to become an annual thing with a Twitter Tasting happening in 2011, 2012 and most recently in January. It’s already been a month since all this happened, but for some reason I have not gotten … Continue reading
Old Pulteney – Row to the Pole
Yesterday the guys from Alembic Communications/Edinburgh Whisky Blog and Old Pulteney hosted a small Twitter Tasting for the release of the Old Pulteney Row to the Pole. Its a special bottling for a charity event in which a few tough … Continue reading
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Tagged Alembic Communications, Highlands, Old Pulteney, Row to the Pole, Twitter Tasting
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