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Linkwood 1993, 52.8, 19yo – Gordon & MacPhail for Van Wees
This one was an unannounced extra from De Whiskykoning. He thought to throw in an extra kick-ass whisky because he forgot about it at first and the tasting wasn’t ridiculously underpriced enough. There isn’t much to say about this whisky … Continue reading
Springbank 21, 46%, 2012
Ah, Springbank 21! One of the few bottlings of last year that I really wanted to try, but didn’t want to buy. When it came it out it was available for about € 250 or so, which I find too … Continue reading
Auchroisk 30, 54.7% – Diageo Premium 2012
Another of the Diageo releases from last year. Another stunner, according to the host of the evening. Earlier (I believe it was in 2010) there was a Diageo release of 25 years old which I really enjoyed, so I had … Continue reading
Dalwhinnie 25, 52.1% – Diageo Premium 2012
The first ‘real’ Bokito of this year’s tasting was this beautiful Dalwhinnie 25. One of Diageo’s special releases from last year and one of more interesting ones if you ask me. Dalwhinnie doesn’t see many releases apart from the regular … Continue reading
Naked Grouse, 40%
Around Christmas the Whiskykoning in Den Bosch hosts a Bokito tasting with that year’s highlights according to him and his ‘tasting panel’. The tasting panel is him. He picks from that year’s releases and sets them aside for that tasting. … Continue reading
Auchentoshan Solera, 48%
My first sip of the new Travel Retail Auchentoshans, and I start at the high end of the range. I have samples of (I believe) Heartwood and Springwood sitting in my cupboard waiting to be explored. The Solera is a … Continue reading
Glenkinchie 19yo, 1987-2007, 45% – Gordon & MacPhail Secret Stills
The Secret Stills series by Gordon & MacPhail is one for bottlings that are not allowed to bear the distiller’s name. Luckily those bottlings usually have some indicative description that makes you aware from which stills the spirit dripped. In … Continue reading
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Littlemill 21, 46%
An official bottling from Littlemill? I didn’t even know these existed anymore! Especially not in these dinky ship decanters. Anyway, Littlemill was described as the underdog of the Lowlands during the tasting, a distillery that was always a bit sad. … Continue reading
Linlithgow 28yo, 1982-2010, 46% – The Ultimate
The third whisky was a Linlithgow, or St. Magdalene. The current appartment building was known by both names as was not uncommon in bygone eras. This one was bottled by Dutch bottler The Ultimate. In a previous Lowlands tasting we … Continue reading
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Bladnoch 10, 1992-2002, 58.5% – James MacArthur’s
The second whisky in the Spring Tasting at De Whiskykoning was another Bladnoch, distilled in more or less the same period, but bottled ten years ago, at cask strength. When this came out it received a silver medal from the … Continue reading
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