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Glenlivet 12, The Original Stories – Illicit Still, 48%
I always have a bit of a chuckle when one of the biggest, most corporate distilleries in Scotland starts toting things like ‘Illicit Still’. This whisky is about 200 years removed from an illicit still at Glenlivet, but that doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Glenlivet, Illicit Still, Limited Edition, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whisky
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Macallan 1998-2009, Bourbon Barrel 1193, 54.9% – Malts of Scotland
It’s been ages since I had a Malts of Scotland bottling, and it’s been even longer since I had a Macallan. I was about to rant a lot about why Macallan is no longer regarded as highly as it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, Bourbon Cask, Macallan, Malts of Scotland, Scotch, Single Malt, Speyside, Whisky
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Bruichladdich 30, 1988-2018, Bourbon Hogshead, 48.9% – Cadenhead’s
Old Bruichladdich can be hit or miss. As in, the distillery was highly inconsistent in the quality of its output spirit. Since the reopening in 2001 it still is but the spirit is far more consistent. The new inconsistency is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead, Islay, Single Malt, Whiskey, Whisky
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Bowmore 17, 2004-2021, 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 56.7% – SMWS (3.333 ‘Slowly Forgetting the 1980s)
Going back to a Bowmore I had quite a while ago during a wee online tasting that I’ve been doing regularly with JPH. We dubbed it our ‘quarterly advent’ since we found out we like doing those semi-blind things, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Islay, Scotch, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Single Malt, SMWS, Whisky
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Glen Garioch ‘The Birds’ 1975-1990, Oak Cask 5910, 46% – Moon Import
This whisky was bottled when I was, most likely, eight years old. Ever since then it has started to gather legendary status and currently it sits comfortably at a 91 point score at Whiskybase. Interestingly, Moon Import seems to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, Glen Garioch, Highlands, Moon Import, Scotch, Single Malt, The Birds, The Whisky Exchange, Whiskey, Whisky
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Lagg Corriecravie, Sherry Cask Finish, 55%
While trying to focus on all kinds of townships and locations on the Isle of Arran, Lagg have taken to the smallest named settlements they could find, or so it seems. Corriecravie is a couple of minutes west of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Corriecravie, Isle of Arran, Lagg, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Whisky
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Whitlaw 10, 2013-2023, Oloroso Sherry Cask 1789, 47.5% – Càrn Mòr
For some unknown reason I though Whitlaw was an Autralian of New Zealand distillery. I have no idea where that comes from, but I was very wrong of course. I didn’t taste this exactly blind, but this did blind me … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Carn Mor, HIghland Park, Islands, Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers, Orkney, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Whisky, Whitlaw
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Balcones 3, Bottled in 2020, Rum Cask Finish 17070, 65.4% – OB for Whisky Tasting Festival Utrecht
Sub-titled ‘To Commemorate The Greatest Whisky Festival Yet To Come’, because the bottles were already ordered when the bubonic plague ravaged the world and shut everything down. A friend of mine, RvB, got a set of bottles and shared them … Continue reading
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Tagged Balcones, Rum Cask, Single Malt, Texas, USA, Waco, Whiskey, Whisky, WTF, WTF Utrecht
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Springbank 24, Open Day 2023, Oloroso & Port, 47.6%
It’s been quiet on the blog here. Mostly due to me being insanely busy with work and preoccupied with other, non-whisky things. In all honesty, I have missed having time to sit down with a couple of drams, so I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Port Cask, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, Springbank, Springbank Open Day, Whiskey, Whisky
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Malt Fascination 