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Blind Tasting Competition 7 – Inverleven 24yo, 1987-2012, 49.5% – Cadenhead’s Closed Distilleries
Inverleven. Is that a distillery that anyone ever thinks about? “I wish I had another bottle of Inverleven to try”. “This Inverleven has gone up in price recently”. I don’t think so. This one, to my tasting notes and palate … Continue reading
Blind Tasting Competition 6 – Balvenie Triple Cask 16yo, 40%
Another day, another random guess. I found this whisky particularly generic. Without being disrespectful, that usually sends me to Speyside, especially since there is quite a lot of sherry casks being filled around there. Some distilleries thrive on that (Glenfarclas … Continue reading
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Tagged Balvenie, Blind Tasting Competition, Glen Grant, Speyside, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 5 – Kilkerran Work in Progress 5, 9yo, Sherry Wood
A whisky I reviewed only a few weeks ago. I wasn’t overly thrilled back then but for some reason I liked it even less this time. Sniff: Heavy and cloying with hints of cheese and quite a bit of oak. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Campbeltown, Glengyle, Kilkerran, Springbank, Triple Distilled, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 4 – Talisker 18, 45.8%
Talisker, Talisker, Talisker. I didn’t even consider it yesterday. I found a peaty dram that didn’t taste Islay enough to be from Islay, so it had to be Longrow. It had some ‘ocean’ flavours in it, so a dead giveaway. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Islands, Skye, Talisker, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 3 – Mortlach 18yo, 55.2%, 1994-2012 – Malts of Scotland
Day three, on which I got another nice 40 points. For the age this time. I had that spot on. The distillery guess was another massive failure and a regrettable one. Why regrettable? At some point during yesterday I imagined … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Campbeltown, Malts of Scotland, Mortlach, Speyside, Springbank, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 2 – Royal Brackla, 33yo, 1976, 43% – MacKillop’s Choice
I’ve got points! 20 because I had the ABV right, and 20 since I guessed a distillery from the same region. The last bit feels like cheating a bit since Balblair (my guess) and Royal Brackla are rather far apart. … Continue reading
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Tagged Balblair, Blind Tasting Competition, Highlands, Royal Brackla, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition 1 – Bruichladdich 21yo, Carnival of Malt Valinch, 52.5%
The Blind Tasting Competition has started again. I posted some unboxing pictures yesterday but after being attended to my home address being visible on the box’s label, I decided to remove it. Anyway, blind tasting is hard. Blind tasting and … Continue reading
Upcoming events
Since this autumn I was mostly preoccupied with becoming a daddy, I didn’t visit too many festivals and events. Now spring is supposed to be in the air, I am trying to rectify that and there is quite a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged GlenDronach, Limburg, Maltstock, Usquebaugh Society, Whiskykoning
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Other highlights of 2012
This year, of course did not only consist of whisky drinking goodness. Other stuff happened to, with the highlight being the birth of our daughter. This post gives a bit of attention to other booze related stuff and leaves the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkmaar, Glen Drammor, Hielander, Limburg, Maltstock, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky Fair
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Malt Fascination 