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Tag Archives: Whisky Center
Athrú Whiskey, three of them
What Whiskey? Athrú, pronounced Ah-roo. From Ireland. I never heard from them, and after looking things up it still is quite mysterious. It’s an Irish whiskey brand, currently bottling whiskey they bought from other distilleries, but also creating their own … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Athrú, Lough Gill
Tagged Athrú, Billy Walker, Bourbon casks, Free Samples, Irish Whiskey, Lough Gill, Sherry casks, Tokaji casks, Whisky Center, Wine casks
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Dingle Single Malt, 46.3%
Yesterday a new Irish Single Malt whiskey was released by Dingle. It’s their first core whiskey, and therefore they released it with the hashtag #heretostay. There have been Dingle Single Malts before (Dingle Malt?) but those were batched released instead … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Dingle
Tagged Dingle, Free Sample, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whisky Center
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Back to basics with Glenfiddich
Sometimes you have to recalibrate your palate. All these bloggers tasting all kinds of exclusive whiskies, you can lose track of what the current standard is. We call stuff ‘good’, but what do we compare things to? Some tasters do … Continue reading
Posted in Glenfiddich
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Rum Cask, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Whisky Center
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The Brexiteer 27yo, 1991-2019, American Oak Barrel 7389, 46% – Whisky Center
The other sample I got sent from Whisky Center is The Brexiteer. A burnside blended malt, which we all know to be teaspooned Balvenie. Officially not a single malt but the amount of Glenfiddich in it is negligable, so it … Continue reading
Posted in Balvenie, Burnside, Glenfiddich
Tagged 1991, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, Dufftown, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Teaspooned, Whisky Center
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Craigellachie 2006-2021, Barrel 900942, 60.4% – Whisky Center (Ignatius I)
A couple of weeks ago Dirk Jan Keijser of Whisky Center kindly sent me some samples from a tasting pack he’s selling with Versaille Dranken in Nijmegen, if I’m not mistaken. It contained some Glenfiddichs which I still have to … Continue reading
Posted in Craigellachie
Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, Craigellachie, Free Sample, Ignatius I, Speyside, Whisky Center
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