Golan Heights Distillery, Brewer’s Whisky 3, ‘OMG, this is Goood!’ (50%)
David Zibell’s innovation is great, and he’s continuing his ongoing work on distilled beer matured in oak casks, or Brewer’s Whisky. Thus, following the Spicy Hummus ...
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23 Sep 2018
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22 Sep 2018
Elements of Islay Pl5 – Port Charlotte 2009 (63.1%)
This Elements of Islay Port Charlotte is your quintessential Islay dram, made not by your most classic Islay distillery. Bruichladdich is the quirky Islay distillery. From the Victorian equipment ...
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19 Sep 2018
The GlenAllachie 12 (46%)
Yes, the new GlenAllachie core range (or Foundation Range, as the distillery calls it) does start with a 10 year old, but it isn’t really the entry level expression for the range. Thus, ...
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14 Sep 2018
Golan Heights Distillery Golani Black Cask 3 for Hermitage Stores (51.7%)
Golani Black’s cask 54 was a general market release and cask 3 is a private release for Israel’s Hermitage stores. I think this goes to show where the Israeli market has gotten in ...
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12 Sep 2018
Elements of Islay CI11 – Caol Ila 2008 (55.4%)
The second dram in this new Elements of Islay release is a 2008 Caol Ila, at either nine or ten years of age. Like the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone, Caol Ila is smoky’s old faithful. ...
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11 Sep 2018
Glen Garioch Bottle Your Own 1985 Cask 1586 (43.8%)
The mid 1980’s were a bit of a rough patch for the Morrison Bowmore distilleries. Bowmore was rife with that distinctive perfume unlovingly referred to as FWP (french whore perfume). This ...
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09 Sep 2018
Golan Heights Distillery Golani Black Cask 54 (40%)
What can be more fitting than ending the Jewish year (this one was 5778) with Golani Black an Israeli whisky, made by David Zibell of the Golan Heights Distillery. This coming Jewish year, 5779, ...
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08 Sep 2018
Elements of Islay Bn7 – Bunnahabhain 17 Year Old (55.7%)
Elixir Distillers’ Elements of Islay is out with the new series, which includes four bottlings: Bn7 – A 17 year old Bunnahabhain matured in sherry casks; Pl5 – Bruichladdich ...
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05 Sep 2018
GlenDronach 15 – Revival 2018 Edition (46%)
Rewind to 2015 and the whisky world was hit with words “GlenDronach are discontinuing the 15yr Revival” (see our review here) Cue rampaging through the streets, cars being set on ...
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03 Sep 2018
Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength – Clynelish 2005 (55.1%)
Gordon & MacPhail have revamped their bottlings, and consolidated some of the many “mini brands” into only five very clear lines of products. Connoisseurs Choice is at the heart ...
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01 Sep 2018
GlenDronach Forgue 10 Year Old (43%)
Glendronach Forgue is the distillery’s first expression aimed specifically at the duty free market. This, I think, is Brown Foreman’s first real fingerprint on the distillery’s ...
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19 Aug 2018
Bruichladdich to release WMD III – Yellow Submarine 25 Year Old
Maltandoak.com has learned of the imminent release of the third ‘Whisky of Mass Destruction’ – The Yellow Submarine – from Bruichladdich . This will be a 25 year old 1991 ...
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29 Jul 2018
Bowmore Devil’s Cask III (56.7%)
Bowmore is, for me, a very problematic distillery. On the one hand, I don’t really like the whisky it produces. There’s a signature funk in the Bowmore whisky that I simply ...
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19 Jul 2018
Golan Heights Distillery, Golani Batch 3 (60.1%)
This new batch of Golani from the Golan Heights Distillery is really well made. Golani is the Golan Heights Distillery’s basic offering. It’s a two grain mash (malted barley and ...
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09 Jul 2018
Deanston 2008 Bordeaux Cask Matured (57.8%)
Today we’ll be tasting Deanston’s new 2008 Wine Cask Matured offering, presented at cask strength. Now wine cask maturation is a divisive issue in the whisky world. Sure, everybody ...
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