Golani Single Malt Unicorn Cask 27 (57.7%)
Every once in a while distilleries get really special casks. They get filled, monitored regularly, and at one point they’re deemed ready to be bottled. Now the question is, what do they do ...
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05 Apr 2020
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02 Apr 2020
Golani Black – 5 Year Old (60.4%)
Golani 5 year old! Wow, this is another milestone for Israeli whisky. Indeed, the first Israeli five year old whisky was bottled by David Zibell’s Golani Distillery. This is the second cask ...
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31 Mar 2020
M&H Classic – Milk and Honey Distillery (46%)
Milk and Honey, or rather M&H, is my local Tel Aviv distillery. I’ve tasted the new make a mere days after the distillery started to distill in 2016, and have been regularly tasting the ...
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30 Mar 2020
Bunnahabhain 30, Marsala Finish, Distell Limited Edition 2019 (47.4%)
Like Deanston, Bunnahabhain contributed three expressions to this year’s Limited Editions. There were two expressions from 2007, in Port and in French Brandy, alongside this 30 year old ...
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26 Jan 2020
Bunnahabhain 2007, 11 Year Old French Brandy Finish (52.5%)
This expression is yet another display of the quality of casks Distell’s Burn Stewart Distiller’s is enjoying. This whisky was transferred into these French Brandy casks for two and a ...
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11 Jan 2020
Deanston 21, 1997 Palo Cortado Finish (51.8%)
You’ll recall that last year I tasted the 2018 Limited Edition Bunnahabhain Palo Cortado Finish. That too was a 1997 vintage, presented at 20 years old. Here we have the whisky maturing for ...
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07 Jan 2020
Deanston 2002 Organic Oloroso Cask Finish, 16 Years Old (50.6%)
Following yesterday’s 2006 Fino, we move on to the second of the three Deanston offerings is a 16 year old Organic Oloroso. This isn’t Deanston’s first foray into Organic ...
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05 Jan 2020
Deanston 2006, 12 Year Old Fino Finish (55%)
I’m beginning a review of the Distell Limited Edition for 2019, and we’ll start with the 2006 Fino Finish. This release includes eight expressions, three each from Deanston and ...
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05 Dec 2019
Laphroaig 16 – 2019 Edition (48%)
Mid teen Laphroaig expressions are very promising. Both the old 15 year old and the bincentennary Laphroaig 16 year old were excellent. Re-reading that Laphroaig 16 review, it seems a bit naive ...
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13 Nov 2019
A Quartet of GlenDronach Single Casks from 1992, 1993 and 1994 Bottled for The Whisky World
Sean Russell has tasted a quartet of GlenDronach single casks bottled for Abe at The Whisky World shop an online shop with two physical locations in London. We’ll be reviewing all four ...
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04 Nov 2019
GlenAllachie Wood Finish Range – Koval Rye 8, Port 10 and PX 12 (48%)
I’m continuing the rundown on GlenAllachie‘s core range (10CS, 12, 15, 18 and 25), with the new Wood Finish range. While I’m still missing the 10 Year Old Cask Strength, you can ...
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20 Oct 2019
GlenAllachie 15 (46%)
GlenAllachie 15 is the final release of the distillery’s core range. It follows the 10 Year Old Cask Strength, the 12 Year Old, the 18 Year Old and the 25 Year Old. I reviewed three of them ...
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24 Sep 2019
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 8 (61%)
Here we have a review of the new GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 8 by Sean Russell, our resident GlenDronach maven. Another long wait of nearly 15 months for the latest edition of the Cask ...
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21 Sep 2019
Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2019 – Mòine French Oak 2008 (57.4%)
This is one of three bottles Bunnahabhain offered for the Islay Festival this year, and the only Mòine: 2008 Bunnahabhain Mòine French Oak Finish (57.4%) – 1872 bottles. 2001 Bunnahabhain ...
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31 Aug 2019
Goren’s Whisky Mortlach 1995, 21 Year Old (51.8%)
Tomer Goren hits one out of the park with this independently bottled 1995 Mortlach. Tomer is the very talented head distiller of Milk and Honey Distillery in Tel Aviv, Israel’s purveyor of ...
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