The GlenAllechie 18 (46%)
It took me some time to get around to publishing the rest of the series of the official bottlings of the distillery. You’ll recall that I very much liked the GlenAllachie 12. I’m ...
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05 Nov 2018
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04 Nov 2018
Golan Heights Distillery, 4 Year Old Cask 8 T2 Port Style Yarden Cask Matured (62.1%)
This is the first four year old Israeli whisky to hit the market, and the first one to be matured in a Port style cask from Golan Heights T2 The original T2 is made from two ...
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27 Oct 2018
Glen Garioch 1979, 38 Year Old, Cask 3831, Bottled for CWS (42.9%)
After trying the 1987 single cask (AKA Sage Galore), we turn to the Glen Garioch 1979. Now every once in a while you have a dram that makes you understand something new about whisky in general or ...
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22 Oct 2018
Glen Garioch 1987, Cask 603, Bottled for CWS (47.1%)
A Glen Garioch 1987 single cask isn’t something you see often. In fact, It’s not common to see recent official bottlings of Glen Garioch for private clubs, despite being very ...
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21 Oct 2018
Talisker 8, vintage 2009, Diageo Special Releases 2018 (59.4%)
One of the most anticipated expressions of this year’s special releases is the Talisker 8. Talisker, most known for the 10 year old, has harked back to an old standard bottling from the ...
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19 Oct 2018
Whisky Show 2018 Recap and a Review of the ‘Future of Whisky’ Invergordon 44 (51.6%), Ben Nevis 21 (47.5%) and Ledaig 12 (58.4%)
The Whisky Show 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic London event. The theme of this year’s Show was ‘The Future of Whisky’, and if there’s one definitive glimpse ...
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15 Oct 2018
Bunnahabhain Moine 2008 Bordeaux Red Wine Cask Matured (58.1%)
I’m continuing my review of the Distell Limited Edition Malts, today with the Bunnahabhain Moine 2008 Bordeaux Cask. This one is interesting, because we have a Deanston matured in the same ...
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13 Oct 2018
Allt-á-Bhainne Single Malt (40%)
Allt-á-Bhainne was built in 1975 by Seagram, then owners of Chivas, to provide the blending operations with a sweet and estery single malt. 1975 puts us at the tail end of two and a half ...
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12 Oct 2018
Tobermory 2005 Fino Cask Finish, 12 Year Old (55.1%)
Burn Stewart Distillers is one of the only multi distillery owning companies that I can truly say that I have a real affinity for each of the four brands in the portfolio, Bunnahabhain, ...
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10 Oct 2018
Oban 21, Diageo Special Releases 2018 (57.9%)
At the Whisky Show, I got to taste most of the 2018 Special Releases. The Show merits its own report, and I’ll be reviewing a few of the Special Releases. Oban, however, has a special place ...
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09 Oct 2018
GlenDronach 18 1995 cask 1732 for premiumcask.de (54.6%)
GlenDronach single casks are always fun to try, especially those that are bottled for specific shops. Those tend to be well selected, and with the 1995 GlenDronach casks, that’s a good ...
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27 Sep 2018
Aberlour Casg Annamh, Batch 001 (48%)
Aberlour have basically doubled the price on one of our malthead staple expressions, the A’bunadh. Naturally, we’re looking for a replacement, and here pops up a new expression, that ...
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23 Sep 2018
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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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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